In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Goodnestone like this:
GOODNESTONE, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; adjacent to the Chatham and Margate railway, 2 miles E of Faversham. Post town, Faversham. Acres, 334. Real property, £1, 036. Pop., 78. Houses, 12. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage united with the vicarage of Graveney, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £400.* Patrons, the Archbishop of Canterbury and J. H. Lade, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and there are alms-houses-with £45.
Goodnestone through time
Goodnestone is now part of Swale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Goodnestone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Goodnestone, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2070
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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