Nonington, Kent
Historical Description
Nonington, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands in a champaign tract, 2 miles SE of Adisham station on the L.C. & D.R., and 6 SW of Sandwich. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Dover. Acreage of parish, 3808; population, 764. Fredville belonged formerly to Sir Brook Bridges, passed in 1750 by marriage to the Plumptres, and stands in a picturesque park containing a remarkable oak tree 36 feet in girth and more than 50 feet high. St Alban's Court, formerly called Eastwell Priory, was presented by King Stephen to St Alban's Abbey; hence its present name. It at one time belonged to the Culpepers, passed in the time of Queen Mary to the Hammonds, in which family it still remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is chiefly Early English, consists of nave, aisle, and two chancels, with W tower. It was restored in 1887 at a cost of nearly £2000.
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 | Nonington St. Mary | |
Hundred | Wingham | |
Lathe | St. Augustine | |
Poor Law union | Eastry |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Nonington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nonington (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Nonington 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.