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Sheldwich, Kent

Historical Description

Sheldwich, a parish, with a village, in Kent, 3 miles from Faversham, and 3 from Selling station on the L.C. & D.R. It has a post office on Sheldwich Lees, under Faversham; money order and telegraph office, Faversham. Acreage, 1948; population, 648. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor, with Lees Court, belongs to Earl Sondes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £210 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is Later English with some Norman remains, and was enlarged and restored in 1888. At Perry Wood is a small mission room.

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 parishSheldwick St. James 
HundredFaversham 
LatheScray 
Poor Law unionFaversham 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Sheldwich from the following:


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.

DistrictSwale
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtME13
Post TownFaversham

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