Poulton, Kent
Historical Description
Poulton, a parish in Kent, 3 miles from Dover station on the L.C. & D.R. Post town, Dover. Acreage, 820; population, 27. Remains of Bradsole Abbey are here, but there is no church. See BRADSOLE.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ancient County | Lancashire | |
| Civil parish | Lancaster | |
| Hundred | Lonsdale south of the Sands | |
| Hundred | Bewsborough | |
| Lathe | St. Augustine | |
| Poor Law union | Dover |
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 Poulton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Poulton-Le-Sands)
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.