Westenhanger, or Ostenhanger (St. Thomas � Becket)

WESTENHANGER, or Ostenhanger (St. Thomas à Becket), anciently a parish, now a manor in the parish of Standford, poor-law union of Elham, hundred of Stouting, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 3 miles (N. W.) from Hythe; containing 50 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church has been long demolished.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.