Paddlesworth or Palsford, Kent

Historical Description

Paddlesworth or Palsford, a parish in Kent, 3 miles from Lyminge station on the S.E.R., and 3¼ NW of Folkestone. Post town and telegraph office, Folkestone; money order office, Uphill. Acreage, 561; population of the civil parish, 46; of the ecclesiastical, which includes Lyminge, 881. The living is a chapelry, annexed to the rectory of Lyminge, in the diocese of Canterbury; joint net value, £720 with residence. The church stands at an elevation of 640 feet above the sea, has in it Saxon and Norman features of great interest, and is one of the smallest in the county. It is dedicated to St Oswald, the nephew of St Ethelburga, the foundress of the mother church of Lyminge.

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	Paddlesworth St. Oswald
Hundred	Loningborough
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 Paddlesworth or Palsford from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Paddlesworth (St. Oswald))

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.