Kilndown, Kent

Historical Description

Kilndown, a large ecclesiastical parish in Goudhurst parish, Kent, situated on a hill, 1½ mile from Goudhnrst station, and 7 miles from Etchingham. It has a post and money order office; telegraph office, Goudhorst railway station. Population, 890. The parish was constituted by Act of Parliament in 1843, out of the original parish of Goudhurst. Bedgebury Park and Finchcox Park are the principal residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, a£375 with residence. The church, built in 1841, is in the Early English style of architecture, and has a fine peal of six bells. It was gorgeously decorated by the late Mr Beresford Hope. The living was endowed by Marshal Beresford. The schools were built and endowed by the late Viscountess Beresford. There is a library, the gift of Mr Beresford Hope, and a church institute, the gift of a former vicar, the Rev H. Harrison. There is also a Wesleyan chapel in the village.

Maps

Online maps of Kilndown are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

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.