Sheldwick (St. James)

SHELDWICK (St. James), a parish, in the union and hundred of Faversham, Upper division of the lathe of Scray, E. division of Kent, 2¾ miles (S. by W.) from Faversham; containing 547 inhabitants. It comprises 1896 acres, of which 236 are in wood. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 16. 8.; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The great tithes have been commuted for £530, with two acres of glebe; and the vicarial for £200, with one acre. The church is principally in the decorated English style.