St Dunstan, Kent
Historical Description
Dunstan, St, a parish in Kent, on the river Stour, one-fourth of a mile NW of Canterbury. Post town, Canterbury. Acreage, 342; population, 1860. The Clergy Orphan School was established in 1851. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is very good.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Hundred | Westgate | |
Lathe | St. Augustine | |
Poor Law union | Blean |
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 St Dunstan from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dunstan, St.)
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.