A View of the Parish

Nonington is a vicarage, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury, and in the deanery of Bridge.  The church is named for St. Mary with original parish registers commencing 1538.  Nonington is in the Lathe of St. Augustine, and Hundred of Wingham.

Nonington is a village and a parish in Eastry district, Kent.  The village stands in a champaign tract, near the London, Chatham and Dover railway, 2 miles southeast of Adisham rail station, and 6 miles southwest of Sandwich;  and has a post office under Sandwich.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Ratling, Holt Street, Frogham and Acol.  Acres, 4,081.  Real property in 1860, £5,270.  Population in 1861, 896.  Houses, 185.  The property is subdivided.

Fredville House belonged formerly to Sir Brook Bridges;  passed, by marriage, to J. P. Plumptre, Esq.;  and stands in a picturesque park, containing a remarkable oak tree, 36 feet in girth, and 30 feet high.  St. Alban's Court belonged formerly to the Culpepers;  passed, in the time of Queen Mary, to the Hammonds;  and is now the seat of W. O. Hammond, Esq..

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £176 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The church is chiefly early English;  consists of nave, aisle, and two chancels, with west tower;  and is in good condition.

There are national schools, alms houses, and some charities.¹

More information about Nonington can be found on the Nonington Village Web site

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

Nonington Bibliography

-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates. Volumes 1 through 139 are available to view free on the Kent Archaeological Society website.  . [Note: The following volumes can be found on archive.org: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]

• General references to Nonington: vol. 14, p. 134; vol. 20, p. 110; vol. 21, p. 234; vol. 23, pp. 71, 75; vol. 24, p. 130; vol. 34, p. 47; vol. 49, pp. xlii, 293
• archives vol. 134, p. 331
• Bargrave family vol. 108, p. 270
• Beauchamp Wood vol. 125, pp. 272, 277, 283
• Beech Grove, watching brief vol. pp. 117, 228
• Boys family vol. 107, p. 324; vol. 119, p. 31
• Boys bequest to the poor vol. 75, p. 20
• brasses vol. 48, p. 29; vol. 61, p. 108
• brick kilns vol. 125, p. 228n
• cemetery, Anglo-Saxon vol. 125, pp. 277, 283
• church vol. 45, p. 78; vol. 47, p. 48; vol. 49, p. xliv; vol. 125, p. 275
• church, visitation of, vol. 29, p. 282; vol. 32, pp. 169-170
• commemorative pyramid vol. 117, p. 228
• Creature, as name vol. 135, p. 216
• Curlswood Farm, place-name vol. 73, p. 64
• Easole (Eswalt; Esole) manor vol. 49, pp. xliv, 107; vol. 53, p. 85; vol. 63, p. 157; vol. 104, p. 97-8; vol. 125, pp. 273, 275-6, 277, 278, 280, 285, 368
• East Ratling vol. 92, pp. 53-5
• Eastwell (Fredville) Manor vol. 49, pp. xliv, 106
• farmstead, RB vol. 131, pp. 356, 357, 368-370
• field boundary ditaches, LIA and ER vol. 131, pp. 356, 358, 369
• fines of lands in vol. 11, p. 321; vol. 14, pp. 244, 254, 259; vol. 15, pp. 294, 299
• Hamon, Thomas vol. 125, p. 286n
• Hammond family, hatchments vol. 81, pp. 88-89
• living of with Womenswold, C19, vol. 96, pp. 64n, 65
• malted spelt wheat (beer brewing) vol. 131, pp. 356, 362-6, 368-9, 370
• manor vol. 94, p. 116
• nonconformity vol. 99, p. 184n; vol. 112, p. 334; vol. 115, p. 18
• Old St. Albans Court (illus) vol. 125, pp. 273-90
• parish register vol. 135, p. 170
• Petham Church, glass from vol. 65, p. 168
• plough marks vol. 131, p. 360
• quernstone vol. 131, p. 361-2
• rating in vol. 6, p. 228n
• Ratling Court, history & survey (illus), vol. 92, pp. 53-64
• Ruins Field vol. 125, pp. 277, 283, 285
• St. Albans chapel vol. 125, pp. 277, 285
• St. Albans Court vol. 83, p. 50
• Soles Manor vol. 49, p. 107
• Spaine property vol. 114, p. 154
• sunken-floored building vol. 131, pp. 360-2, 370
• Thomas, chaplain of, vol. 32, pp. 169, 170, 175
• tithe survey vol. 101, p. 339
• trackway vol. 131, pp. 359, 370
• yeomanry C17 vol. 114, p. 153n

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch.

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch.

Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch.

Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch.

Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch.

Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online.

Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852).

Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005).  URL: British History Online.

Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908).  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 39', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I. Published:(1906), pp. 315-323.  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III. Published:(1904), pp. 296-302.  URL: British History Online.

Location of Records

The following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive.  There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England.  This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues.  If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number.

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