Egerton, Kent
Historical Description
Egerton, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the verge of the Weald, 3¼ miles N of Pluckley station on the S.E.R., and 8 WNW of Ashford, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. The parish comprises 2786 acres; population, 795. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £282 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's. The church has a conspicuous tower. 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 | Egerton St. James | |
Hundred | Calehill | |
Lathe | Shepway | |
Poor Law union | West Ashford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Egerton, St James: baptisms 1684-1919, marriages 1695-1919, burials 1696-1922
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Egerton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Egerton (St. James))
Maps
Online maps of Egerton 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.