Elmstone, Kent
Historical Description
Elmstone, a parish in Kent, near the river Stour, 3 miles S of Grove Ferry station on the S.E.R., and 2¼ NNE of Wingham. Post town, Sandwich; money order office, Wing-ham; telegraph office, Grove Ferry. Acreage, 439; population, 74. Elmstone Court is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £200 witli residence. The church was thoroughly repaired in 1878.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Hundred | Preston | |
Lathe | St. Augustine | |
Poor Law union | Eastry |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Elmstone: baptisms 1552-1812, marriages 1565-1834, burials 1551-1841
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 Elmstone from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Elmstone 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.