Hardres, Upper, Kent

Historical Description

Hardres, Upper, a parish in Kent, on Stone Street, and about 5 miles from Canterbury station on the S.E.R. Post town and money order office, Canterbury; telegraph office, Bishopsbourne. Acreage, 2036; population of the civil parish, 303; of the ecclesiastical, 653. It includes the hamlets of Rossingham and Palmstead. The manor belonged to the Hardres family, one of whom, Sir Robert Hardres, after the siege of Boulogne, in the time of Henry VIIL, brought over the gates of that town. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Stelling, in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £360 with residence. The church is ancient but good, comprises two aisles and a chance!, and contains several very old memorials, and some very fine old stained glass. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 County	Kent
Ecclesiastical parish	Upper Hardres St. Peter and St. Paul
Hundred	Bridge and Petham
Lathe	St. Augustine
Poor Law union	Bridge

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

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hardres, Upper from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hardres, Upper (St. Peter and St. Paul))

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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.