Sheldwich, Kent Family History Guide
Sheldwich is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Alternative names: Sheldwick
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Chilham
- Molash
- Selling
- Throwley
- Challock
- Leaveland
- Ospringe
- Badlesmere
- Preston next Faversham
- Faversham
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Sheldwick, a parish, with a village, in Faversham district, Kent; 2¾ miles S of Faversham r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Sheldwick-Lees, under Faversham.
Acres, 1,896. Real property, £3,199. Pop., 616. Houses, 119. The manor, with Lees Court, belongs to Lord Sondes.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £209. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of C. The church is later English.
There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Faversham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Ospringe
- Poor Law Union: Faversham
- Hundred: Faversham
- Province: Canterbury