Merston, Kent
Historical Description
Merston, a hamlet in Shorne parish, Kent, 2 miles NW of Strood. It consists only of a few labourers' cottages, and it formerly was politically, and is still ecclesiastically, a parish. There is no church. Bishop Hildesley was a native.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
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 | Merston St. Giles | |
| Hundred | Shamwell | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | North Aylesford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Merston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Merston (St. Giles))
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.