Goodnestone, Kent
Historical Description
Goodnestone, a parish in Kent, 1 mile from Graveney station on the L.C. & D.R., and 2 miles E of Faversham. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Faversham. Acreage of Goodnestone, 341; population, 78. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Graveney, in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is ancient, but has been restored.
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 | Goodneston St. Bartholomew | |
Hundred | Faversham | |
Lathe | Scray | |
Poor Law union | Faversham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Goodnestone next Faversham, St Bartholomew: baptisms 1795-1812, marriages 1759-1834, burials 1795-1841
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 Goodnestone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Goodneston (St. Bartholomew))
Maps
Online maps of Goodnestone 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.