Brenzett, Kent
Historical Description
Brenzett, a parish in Kent,¾ of a mile from Brookland station on the S.E.R., and 4½ miles WNW of New Romney. It has a post office (S.O.) under New Romney, which is the money order office; telegraph office, Brookland (R.S.) Acreage, 1819; population, 284. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £92 with residence. The church belonged anciently to Guisnes Abbey in Artois, has some Norman portions, and is in good condition.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Brenzett St. Eanswith | |
Hundred | Aloesbridge | |
Lathe | Shepway | |
Liberty | Romney Marsh | |
Poor Law union | Romney Marsh |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1538.
Findmypast have the following online for Brenzett, St Eanswith: baptisms 1530-1919, marriages 1538-1919, burials 1522-1883
Churches
Church of England
St. Eanswith (parish church)
The church of St. Eanswith is of stone, in the Early English style, and has a belfry, with spire, containing 3 bells: there is a memorial window to the Rev. Tatton Brockham, a former rector, and two marble monuments with effigies: the church was thoroughly restored in 1902, at a cost of £260, and affords 110 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Brenzett from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brenzett (St. Eanswith))
Maps
Online maps of Brenzett are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.