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Ivychurch or Ivechurch, Kent

Historical Description

Ivychurch or Ivechurch, a parish in Kent, 3 miles NW of New Romney, and 2½ from Brookland station on the S.E.R. It has a post office under Folkestone; money order office, New Romney; telegraph office, Brookland railway station. Acreage, 4563; population, 235. The land is chiefly pasture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower. It was restored in 1888. A Wes-leyan chapel was erected in 1877.

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 parishIvy-Church St. George 
HundredMartin-Pountney 
LatheShepway 
Poor Law unionRomney Marsh 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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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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