Adisham Parish

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Adisham is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Bridge.  The church is named for Holy Innocents with registers commencing 1539.

Adisham, a parish in Bridge district, Kent;  on the Dover railway, 6 miles southeast of Canterbury.  It has a station on the railway;  and its post town is Wingham under Sandwich.  Acres, 1,815.  Real property in 1860, £3,004.  Population in 1861, 492.  Houses, 84.

The manor was given in 616 to Christ Church, Canterbury;  and is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury;  and, till 1864, was united with the perpetual curacy of Staple.  Value, £750 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The church is cruciform, and early English, with a central tower.  Charities, £20. ^1
1John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales.  (London, England:  A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

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• Monumental Inscriptions
• Christenings 1558-1640
• Christenings 1641-1700
• Christenings 1701-1775
• Christenings 1776-1900
• Marriages 1558-1640
• Marriages 1641-1700
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• AD index 1448-1857
• CC index 1448-1857
• PCC 1338-1858
• PPR 1858-1925
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• Poll Tax
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• Land Tax Assessments 1780-1831
• Land Tax Assessments 1799-1805

• Pigot's Directory of Kent, 1824
• Illustrated Guide to the London and Dover Railway, 1846
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Kent, Vol. II, 1847
• Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent ... , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities]
• Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent ... , 1855. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories]
• Melville & Co.'s Directory of Kent, 1858
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. [Part 1. Kent: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. [Part 2. Kent: Court & Trade Directories]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1903. [Part 1: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1903. [Part 2: Private Resident & Trade Directories]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1913. [Part 1: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1913. [Part 2: Private Resident & Trade Directories]

• Parish Map
• Hasted's History
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• Rated Property Returns
• Returns of owners of land, 1873
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• War Memorials
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• Visitation, 1612