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Crundale or Crundell, Kent

Historical Description

Crundale or Crundell, a parish in Kent, near the river Stour, 2½ miles NE of Wye station on the S.E.R., and 6½ NE by N of Ashford. It has a post office under Canterbury; money order and telegraph office, Wye. Acreage, 1593; population, 257. Roman urns and other Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £305 with residence. The church is good.

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 parishCrundale St. Mary 
HundredWye 
LatheShepway 
Poor Law unionEast Ashford 

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


Church Records

The register of baptisms dates from the year 1556; marriages, 1559; burials, 1554.

Findmypast have the following online for Crundale, St Mary the Virgin: baptisms 1556-1915, marriages 1559-1926, burials 1554-1841


Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is of flint in the Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, and has a tower with spire containing 3 bells: the church was restored in 1894, at a cost of £1,300, and affords 130 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 Crundale or Crundell from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Crundale or Crundell 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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