Ifield, Kent

Historical Description

Ifield, a parish in Kent, 2 miles from Gravesend station on the S.E.R., and 7 NW from Eochester. It contains part of the village of. Singlewell, which has a post office under Gravesend; money order and telegraph office, Gravesend. Acreage, 313; population, 81. The living is a rectory, annexed to Nurstead, in the diocese of Eochester; value, £150 with residence. The church was restored in 1596 and again in 1838, has a wooden spire, and is very small. Hever Court is the residence of the Fergusson family, who are lords of the manor.

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.

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 Ifield from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Ifield 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.