Hernhill, Kent
Historical Description
Hernhill, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 3 miles E of Faversham. Post town, Faversham; money order and telegraph office, Boughton. The parish contains also the hamlets of Dargate, Staple Street, Waterham, Crockham, Down Postal, and Rough Hills. Acreage, 2826; population, 785. The manor belonga½to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Remsdale House, Mount Ephraim, and the Bounds are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £263 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. It was restored in 1877. Courtenay the Canterbury fanatic was buried in the churchyard. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hernhill St. Michael | |
Hundred | Boughton-under-Blean | |
Lathe | Scray | |
Poor Law union | Faversham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Hernhill, St Michael: baptisms 1557-1912, marriages 1557-1913, burials 1557-1870
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 Hernhill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hernhill (St. Michael))
Maps
Online maps of Hernhill are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.