Oare (St. Peter)

OARE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Faversham, Upper division of the lathe of Scray, E. division of Kent, 1½ mile (N. W. by N.) from Faversham; containing 186 inhabitants. It comprises 686 acres, and is bounded on the north-east by the Swale, over which is a ferry to Harty Island. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy; net income, £103; patron and appropriator, the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose tithes have been commuted for £219, and who has 2 acres of glebe.