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Bridge, Kent

Historical Description

Bridge, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on Watling Street and on the Little Stour river, with a station on the S.E.R., 66 miles from London, 3 miles SE of Canterbury, under which it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish comprises 1170 acres; population of the civil parish, 850; of the ecclesiastical with Patrixbourne, 1114. The manor belonged to an ancient abbey on the ground now occupied by the church, and passed to the Dutch family of the Braeams. Bridge-Hill House was the seat and death-place of Baron de Montesquieu, grandson of the famous president. The living is a vicarage annexed to the vicarage of Patrixbourne in the diocese of Canterbury. The church, which was rebuilt in 1859, contains some well-preserved remains of Norman architecture, a remarkable monumental effigy supposed to be of a steward of the ancient abbey, and some singular carvings representing the creation and fall of man. There is a spacious room called the " Reading Room" which is the property of the Marquis Conyngham, and is lent by him to the vicar and churchwardens for parochial purposes. The artist Jansen resided much in Bridge, and painted here his portrait of the lady popularly called the " Star in the East."

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishBridge St. Peter 
HundredBridge and Petham 
LatheSt. Augustine 
Poor Law unionBridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1565.

Findmypast have the following online for Bridge, St Peter: baptisms 1579-1912, marriages 1579-1928, burials 1579-1952


Churches

Church of England

St. Peter (parish church)

The church of St. Peter is of flint, in the Norman style, with some additions of the Early English period, and has a tower, with spire, containing a clock and 4 bells: the windows are stained: within a recess is a recumbent effigy of a man in robes, in low relief: the church was repaired and partly rebuilt about 1860, and affords 350 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 Bridge from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Bridge are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictCanterbury
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtCT4
Post TownCanterbury

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