Barfreston is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Sandwich.  The church is named for St. Nicholas with registers commencing 1572.

Barfreston, or Barston, a parish in Eastry district, Kent;  on the Dover and Canterbury railway, near Shepherdswell station, and 6-1/2 miles northwest of Dover.  Post town, Goodnestone, under Sandwich.  Acres, 500.  Real property in 1860, £641.  Population in 1861, 144.  Houses, 26.  The property is not much divided.

The manor belonged early to the see of Canterbury;  and passed, in 1081, to Hugh de Port, constable of Dover.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £182 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, St. John’s College, Oxford.  The church consists of nave and chancel, separated by a circular arch;  is one of the most remarkable structures of its class in England;  exhibits rich exterior decorations, in corbels, wreaths, and other sculptures;  and was well restored in 1840.^1
1John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales.  (London, England:  A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

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