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Capel le Ferne, Kent

Historical Description

Capel-le-Ferne, a parish in Kent, on the coast, and on the Dover and Folkestone railway, 3 miles NE of Folkestone, which is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Folkestone. Acreage, 1582; population of the civil parish, 232; of the ecclesiastical, 825. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Alkham, in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £350, and a vicarial residence at Alkham. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a western tower, shows interesting internal features of Early English, and contains a piscina, a sedilia, and a brass of 1526.

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 parishCapel-Le-Ferne St. Mary 
HundredFolkestone 
LatheShepway 
Poor Law unionDover 

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


Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1592.

Findmypast have the following online for Capel le Ferne, St Mary: baptisms 1708-1912, marriages 1708-1838, burials 1708-1959


Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is of flint, in the Early English style, with Decorated and Perpendicular windows, and has a tower containing 2 bells: there are 103 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 Capel le Ferne from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Capel le Ferne 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.

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