Eythorne Parish

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Eythorne is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Sandwich.  The church is named for St. Peter and St. Paul with registers commencing 1559.

Eythorne, is a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Eastry district, Kent.  The village stands on a pleasant spot, 1-3/4 mile northeast of Shepherdswell rail station, and 6-1/2 north-north-west of Dover;  commands a fine view of the surrounding country to the sea;  and has a post office under Sandwich.  The parish comprises 1,318 acres.  Real property in 1860, £2,792.  Population in 1861, 461.  Houses, 93.

Eythorn House is a chief residence.  There are some barrows.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £400 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, alternately the Earl of Guildford and T. Papillon, Esq..  The church is later English.

There are a Baptist chapel, a grammar school, and charities £11.

The sub-district contains six parishes and the greater part of another.  Acres, 8,639.  Population in 1861, 2,158.  Houses, 438.¹

¹John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales.  (London, England:  A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

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