Wingham is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Bridge.  The church is named for St. Mary the Virgin with registers commencing 1568.

Wingham is a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred in Kent.  The village stands 2-1/4 miles north-north-east of Adisham rail station, and 6 miles east-by-south of Canterbury;  was the meeting place, in the 23rd year of Edward I, of the clergy for sending members to parliament;  was once a market town;  gives the title of Baron to Earl Cowper;  is a seat of petty sessions;  and has a post office with a money order office and savings bank, under Sandwich;  an inn, and fairs on 12 May and 12 November.

The parish comprises 2,641 acres.  Real property in 1860, £7,872.  Population in 1861, 1,060.  Houses, 236.

The manor belongs to Sir H. C. Oxenden, Bart..  A palace of the archbishops of Canterbury stood here;  and was visited by Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £114, with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, N. Bridges, Esq..  The church is decorated and later English;  has a tower and spire;  and was once collegiate.

There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £5.  Bishop Henry de Wengeham was a native.

The sub-district contains six parishes and a part, and is in Eastry district.  Acres, 8,447.  Population in 1861, 2,878.  Houses, 619.

The hundred contains 5 parishes, and is in St. Augustine lathe.  Acres, 16,467.  Population in 1851, 4,702.  Houses, 926.¹

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

Under the History section on the Wingham Village web site  are some Marriage records and a translation of the Doomsday book entry.

• Monumental Inscriptions
• Christenings 1558-1640
• Christenings 1641-1700
• Christenings 1701-1775
• Christenings 1776-1900
• Marriages 1558-1640
• Marriages 1641-1700
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• Marriages 1755-1812
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• 1801-1831


• 1841


• 1851


• 1861


• 1871


• 1881


• 1891


• 1901

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• Thomas Cornwell, Gentleman, 1806
• John Dadds, Esquire, 1844 with 3 Codicils
• William Dadds, Servant, 1814
• AD index 1448-1857
• CC index 1448-1857
• PCC 1338-1858
• PPR 1858-1925
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• Militia Lists
• Muster Rolls
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• Tithe Apportionment c1830s
• Transportations
• Protestation Rolls c1641-1643
• Oaths of Allegiance c1720s

• Poll Tax
• Hearth Tax
• Window Tax
• Hair Powder Tax
• 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
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