In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hernhill like this:
HERNHILL, a village and a parish in Faversham district, Kent. The village stands 3 miles E of Faversham r. station, and has a post office under Faversham. The parish contains also the hamlets of Dargate, Staple street, Waterham, Cockham, Down Fostal, and Rough hill s. Acres, 2, 816. Real property, £7, 195. ...
Pop., 701. Houses, 138. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £292. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower, and is good. Courtenay, the Canterbury fanatic, was buried in the churchyard. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Hernhill through time
Hernhill is now part of Swale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hernhill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hernhill, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2494
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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