Bircholt, Kent
Historical Description
Bircholt or Birchall, a parish and a franchise in Kent. The parish is in East Ashford district, and lies 2½ miles N of Smeeth station on the S.C.R., and 4½ E by S of Ashford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £49, in the gift of Lord Brabourne. There is a mission room, but no church nor rectory. Acreage, 300, population, 36.
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 | Bircholt St. Margaret | |
| Lathe | Shepway | |
| Poor Law union | East Ashford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bircholt from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bircholt (St. Margaret))
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.