Wychling, Kent Family History Guide
Wychling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Alternative names: Wichling, Witchling
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1577
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Milstead
- Charing
- Otterden
- Newnham
- Lenham
- Doddington
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WITCHLING, or Wychling, a parish in Hollingbourn district, Kent; 5½ miles S by E of Sittingbourne r. station. Post town, Sittingbourne.
Acres, 1,309. Real property, £1,287. Pop., 147. Houses, 35. The manor belongs to Sir E. Filmer.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £300. Patron, H. M. Stockdale, Esq. The church is ancient.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- Civil Registration District: Hollingbourne
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1891 – Sittingbourne, Post-1890 – Sutton
- Poor Law Union: Hollingbourne
- Hundred: Eyhorne
- Province: Canterbury