Chislet, Kent
Historical Description
Chislet, a parish in Kent, on a branch of the river Stour, 1 mile NW of Grove Ferry station on the S.E.R., and 6 NE of Canterbury. It has a post and telegraph office under Canterbury; money order office, Upstreet. Acreage, 6807 of land and 176 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 1019. The manor belongs to the see of Canterbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £180 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is of Norman architecture of the 12th century, the arch between the tower and chancel being particularly fine. This arch has been illustrated in " Archaeologia Cantiana," vol. xii., p. 106. The present chancel is of the Early English style. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and a mission church at Marshside.
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 | Chislet St. Mary | |
Hundred | Bleangate | |
Lathe | St. Augustine | |
Poor Law union | Blean |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1538.
Findmypast have the following online for Chislet, St Mary the Virgin: baptisms 1538-1912, marriages 1543-1909, burials 1544-1967
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Evangelist, Marsh Side
The Mission church of St. John the Evangelist, Marsh Side, was erected in 1879.
St. Mary (parish church)
The church of St. Mary is of flint and stone in the Norman and Early English styles, and has a central tower of Norman character containing 6 bells: the church was restored in 1866 and has 396 sittings.
Congregational
Congregational Chapel
Methodist
Methodist Chapel
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 Chislet from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chislet (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Chislet 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.