Thanington, Kent

Historical Description

Thanington, a parish in Kent, 2 miles SW of Canterbury station on the S.E.R. Post town, Canterbury. Acreage, 1222; population, 679. St James' Hospital for lepers was founded here in the tune of King John by Archbishop Walter, and was given in the time of Edward VI. to E. Dartnall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £60. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is an ancient structure in the Early English style, and was restored in 1882.

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 Thanington from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Thanington 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.