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Frant, Kent

Historical Description

Frant, a village in Sussex, and a parish partly in Kent. The village stands 3 miles S of Tunbridge Wells, and has a station on the S.E.R., 36 miles from London, and a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish includes also Hawkenbury and part of Tunbridge Wells town. Acreage, 8991; population, 1660. Bayham Abbey and Eridge Castle are chief residences. (See BAYHAM and EKIDGE GKEEN). There are quarries and mineral springs, a reservoir for supplying Tunbridge Wells with water, and a public fountain to the memory of the late Prince Consort. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £400 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Abergaveuny. The church is good, and was restored in 1880. The vicarage of Eridge Green and the perpetual curacy of Broadwater are separate charges. Shemfold Park and Frant Court are chief residences.

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

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Frant, St Alban: marriages 1544-1812


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Maps

Online maps of Frant 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:


Villages, Hamlets, &c

Beigham

Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictWealden
CountyEast Sussex
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN3
Post TownTunbridge Wells

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