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Great Mongeham, Kent

Historical Description

Mongeham, Great, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 miles WSW of Deal, and 1 mile from Walmer station on the L.C. & D.R., takes its name by corruption from Monkham, signifying " Monks village;" was in the-time of Henry III. a considerable market-town; retains in its. centre a space called the Market-place, and has a post office under Deal; money order and telegraph office, Deal. Acreage of parish, 806; population, 701. The parish council consists of seven members-four for the western and three for the eastern division of Walmer. For ecclesiastical purposes the eastern division, with a population of over 300, was joined to Walmer by Order in Council dated 1894. The manor belonged anciently to St Augustine's, Canterbury. Some½ remains exist of an ancient mansion of the Crayfords. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £320 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, originally Norman, is mainly Early English y has a lofty tower of later date, about the time of Henry I., covered with ivy and commanding an extensive view, was well restored about 1851, and contains interesting sedilia and piscina. John Potter, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, and Elias Sydall, D.D., Bishop of Gloucester, were at one time-rectors.

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 parishMongeham St. Martin 
HundredCornilo 
LatheSt. Augustine 
Poor Law unionEastry 

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


Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Great Mongeham, St Martin: baptisms 1630-1898, marriages 1685-1928, burials 1685-1927


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Great Mongeham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Great Mongeham 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.

DistrictDover
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtCT14
Post TownDeal

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