Ringwould, Kent

Historical Description

Ringwould, a village and a parish in Kent The village stands on high ground near the coast, 3 miles SSW of Deal, and 1 mile from Walmer station on the Deal and Dover Joint railway, is a member of the cinque port liberty of Dover, was once a market-town, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Dover. The parish contains also the hamlet of Kingsdown, and comprises 1604 acres; population of the civil parish, 709; of the ecclesiastical, 272. There are vestiges of a Roman camp. Fishing is largely carried on and there is a coastguard station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £250 with residence. The church is handsome and contains some brasses. The vicarage of Kingsdown is a separate benefice.

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 Ringwould from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Ringwould 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.