Stelling, Kent
Historical Description
Stelling, a parish in Kent, on Stone Street, 6 miles S by W of Canterbury, and 4 from Elham station on the S.E.R. Post town, Stelling Minnis, under Canterbury; money order and telegraph office, Elham. Acreage, 1409; population, 255. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to Upper Hardres. The church is in great need of restoration. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Stelling St. Mary | |
Hundred | Loningborough | |
Lathe | Shepway | |
Poor Law union | Elham |
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 Stelling from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stelling (St. Mary))
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.