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Sutton by Dover, Kent

Historical Description

Sutton-by-Dover, a parish in Kent, 2 miles from Walmer station on the Dover and Deal Joint railway. Post town, Deal; money order and telegraph office, Upper Walmer. Acreage, 1071; population of the civil parish, 128; of the ecclesiastical, 304. A detached portion, called Little Sutton, lies between Ringwould and Ripple. Lord Northbourne is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury, and was annexed in 1868 to the rectory of Little Mongeham; net value, £259 with residence. The church is small and ancient.

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 parishSutton-by-Dovor St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredCornilo 
LatheSt. Augustine 
Poor Law unionEastry 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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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.

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