Preston by Wingham, Kent

Historical Description

Preston-by-Wingham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on a rising-ground above the marshes of the Little Stour river, 2 miles SE of Grave Ferry station on The S.E.R., and 6½ ENE of Canterbury. It has a post office under Dover; money order office, Wingham; telegraph office, Grove Ferry railway station. Acreage, 1492; population, 494. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £360 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St Mildred, is of the 13th and 14th centuries, has been well restored, and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and N chantry, in which is a fine organ, with a tower. There is a Congregational 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	Preston St. Michael
Hundred	Preston
Lathe	St. Augustine
Poor Law union	Eastry

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 Preston by Wingham from the following:

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

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.