Brookland, Kent
Historical Description
Brookland, a parish in Kent, with a station on the S.E.R., 68 miles from London. It has a post office under New Romney (S.O.), which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1892; population of the civil parish, 395; of the ecclesiastical, with Fairfield, 465. The living is a vicarage, with Fairfield, in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is Early English, and has a leaden-figured Norman font, and the bell-tower stands detached, and is constructed of timber. There is a Wesleyan 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 | Brookland St. Augustine | |
| Hundred | Aloesbridge | |
| Lathe | Shepway | |
| Poor Law union | Romney Marsh |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1558.
Findmypast have the following online for Brookland, St Augustine: baptisms 1563-1919, marriages 1559-1943, burials 1558-1922
Churches
Church of England
St. Augustine (parish church)
The church of St. Augustine is of rubble, in the Early English style, and has a most curious detached campanile, wholly constructed of timber, octagonal in form, with a conical shingled roof, and containing 5 bells: there is also a remarkable leaden font: the church affords 250 sittings.
Methodist
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 Brookland from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brookland (St. Augustine))
Maps
Online maps of Brookland 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.