Ham Street (Orlestone), Kent
Historical Description
Ham Street, a village in Orlestone parish, Kent, with a station on the S.E.R., 60 miles from London, and near the Royal Military Canal, 6½ miles S by W of Ashford. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. A cattle and sheep fair is held on the last Thursday in Aug. There are a Wesleyan chapel and village hall.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
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.