Adisham, Kent
Historical Description
Adisham or Adsham, a parish in Kent, on the L.C. & D.R., 68 miles from London, and 6 SE of Canterbury. It has a station on the railway, and its post town is Dover; money order and telegraph office, Coingham. Acreage, 2082; population, 441. The manor was given in 616 to Christ Church, Canterbury, and is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury, and till 1864 was united with the perpetual curacy of Staple; net value, £735. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is cruciform, and Early English, with a central tower, and was restored in 1870. There is a Baptist chapel.
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 | Adisham Holy Innocents | |
| Hundred | Downhamford | |
| Lathe | St. Augustine | |
| Poor Law union | Bridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1539.
Findmypast have the following online for Adisham, Holy Innocents: baptisms 1538-1912, marriages 1540-1927, burials 1538-1931
Churches
Church of England
Holy Innocents (parish church)
The church of the Holy Innocents, originally erected A.D. 616, but dating in its present form from the 12th century, is of rough flints, in the Early Eng1ish style, with Decorated Insertions, and has a central tower containing 4 bells: there is some stained glass and a screen: in 1870 the church was restored, and affords 244 sittings, 200 being free.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Adisham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Adisham (Holy Innocents))
Maps
Online maps of Adisham 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.