Bonnington, Kent
Historical Description
Bonnington, a parish in East Kent, on the Military Canal, partly in Romney Marsh, 2 miles SSW of Smeeth station on the S.E.R., and 6½ SE by S of Ashford. Hythe is the post town; money order office, Aldington; telegraph office, Mersham. Acreage, 1113; population of the civil parish, 163; of the ecclesiastical, including Bilsington, 530. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury, consolidated since 1878 with the vicarage of Bilsington; net value, £210 with residence. The church, dedicated to St Rumwold, is small, in the Early English style; it was partially restored in 1886, and the churchyard was enlarged in 1890.
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 | Bonnington St. Rumwald | |
| Hundred | Street | |
| Lathe | Shepway | |
| Liberty | Romney Marsh | |
| Poor Law union | East Ashford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1679.
Findmypast have the following online for Bonnington, St Rumbold: baptisms 1681-1919, marriages 1632-1962, burials 1679-1992
Churches
Church of England
St. Runwold (parish church)
The church of St. Runwold is of stone in the Early English style, and has a wooden belfry containing one bell: the interior of the church was restored in 1903 at a cost of over £100: there are some fragments of ancient stained glass: the churchyard was enlarged in 1890.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bonnington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bonnington (St. Rumwald))
Maps
Online maps of Bonnington 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.