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.
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 | Ivy-Church St. George | |
Hundred | Martin-Pountney | |
Lathe | Shepway | |
Poor Law union | Romney Marsh |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
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 Ivychurch or Ivechurch from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ivy-Church (St. George))
Maps
Online maps of Ivychurch or Ivechurch 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.