Newington next Hythe, Kent

Historical Description

Newington-next-Hythe, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 miles from Shorncliffe station on the S.E.R., and 2½ NE of Hythe. It is a scattered place, amid romantic environs. Post town, Hythe; money order and telegraph office, Cheriton Street. Acreage of the civil parish, 2463; population, 454; of the ecclesiastical, 686. There is a parish council consisting of five members. Beachborough is the seat of the Brockman family. A summer-house is on a hill adjoining Beachborough, is accessible to strangers, and commands very fine and extensive views over land and sea. A vantage-ground on the Downs, about a mile from the village, likewise commands a magnificent view over the marshes to Hastings. There are remains of ancient entrenchments, and Roman coins and pottery have been found. The living is a vicarage in The diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £260 with residence. The church is ancient, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel with a lofty tower, and contains a font, two brasses of 1501, and a brass of a man and three wives of 1522. The pulpit is a handsome carved oak structure, said to have been at one time a covering to the font.

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	Newington-Next-Hythe St. Nicholas
Hundred	Folkestone
Lathe	Shepway
Poor Law union	Elham

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 Newington next Hythe from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newington-Next-Hythe (St. Nicholas))

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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.