Harrietsham, Kent

Historical Description

Harrietsham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands at the foot of the chalk hills, on the river Len, with a station on the L.C. & D.R, 43 miles from London, and 7 E by S of Maidstone; it was known at Domesday as Hariardesham. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Maidstone. Acreage of parish, 2485; population, 718. Stede Hill is a seat in the neighbourhood, and commands a noble view over the Weald. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £385 with residence. Patron, All Souls' College, Oxford. The church is Early and Later English with a tower, and contains a remarkable font and monuments of the Baldwins. A chapel of ease was erected in 1881. There are an endowed school, a suite of almshouses, and other charities.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Harrietsham, St John the Baptist: baptisms 1538-1919, marriages 1538-1919, burials 1538-1922

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Harrietsham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Harrietsham (St. John the Baptist))

Maps

Online maps of Harrietsham 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.