Womenswould, Kent

Historical Description

Womenswould, a parish in Kent, 1 mile from Barham station on the S.E.R., and 7 miles SE of Canterbury. It has a post office under Canterbury; money order and telegraph office, Barham. Acreage, 1721; population of the civil parish, 302; of the ecclesiastical, 265. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £ 150 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Early English style, and has been restored. A Baptist chapel was erected in 1887.

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	Womenswould St. Margaret
Hundred	Wingham
Lathe	St. Augustine
Poor Law union	Bridge

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Womenswould from the following:

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.