Hothfield, Kent

Historical Description

Hothfield, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near a branch of the river Stour, and has a station on the L.C. & D.R., 56 miles from London, and a post office under Ashford; money order and telegraph office, Ashford. The property belonged to the Archbishops of Canterbury, was given by Henry VIII. to the Tuftons, and belongs now to Lord Hothfield. Hothfield Place is Lord Hothfield's seat, and was the seat of the Earls of Thanet. This parish contests with Heathfield in Sussex the claim of having been the place where Jack Cade was captured by Sheriff Iden. Acreage, 1829; population, 337. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £334 with residence. Patron, Lord- Hothfield. The church was partly rebuilt in 1624, and consists of nave, aisles, and chance!. It was thoroughly restored in 1876. There are an endowed school 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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hothfield from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hothfield (St. Mary))

Maps

Online maps of Hothfield 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.