Appledore, Kent Family History Guide
Appledore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent. Ebony is a chapelry of Appledore
Alternative names: Appledore with Ebony
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1700
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Fairfield
- Kenardington
- Snargate
- Stone-in-Oxney
- Snave
- Tenterden
- Ebony
- Woodchurch
- Newchurch
- Ivychurch
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
APPLEDORE, a village and a parish in Tenterden district, Kent. The village stands on the Military canal, on a branch of the river Rother, on the W border of Romney marsh, 1½ mile W of a station of its own name on the Ashford and Hastings railway, and 6 ESE of Tenterden. It has a post office under Staplehurst; and it formerly had a weekly market, and still has a fair on the 4th Monday in June.
It once was a seaport, on the quondam estuary of the Rother; and it was assailed by the Danes in the time of King Alfred, and by the French in 1380.
The parish comprises 3,001 acres. Real property, £6,184. Pop. 640. Houses, 132. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is rich meadowy pasture. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; and includes the curacy of Ebony. Value, £200. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has a singular projection from the N side of the nave, and is a strange mixture of Norman, early English, and decorated; but has been greatly altered, and is in good condition.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Directories
Universal British Directory 1791
Is situated on the south side of the county, nine miles west from New Romney, and 54 from London, in the direct road to Tenterden, on the banks of the river Rother. It had anciently a market, which has long been disused, but has a fair in July. Here is a court-leet, which extends itself over Town-borough and Horse-borough. It is said, the sea flowed up formerly as far as this town.
Gentleman
Butler Abraham, Esq. (F.)
Clergy
Rice Rev. –
Traders &c.
Adams Thomas, (F.) Grazier
Boon James, (F.) Grazier
Boon William, (F.) Grazier & Farmer
Boon John, (F.) Grazier
Boon Richard (F.) Grazier & Farmer
Boasden John, Blacksmith
Brown William, Carpenter
Eve John, (F.) Grazier
Geering Wm. (F.) Grazier & Farmer
Hodges Joseph, (F.) Grazier
Henley Samuel, (F.) Grazier
Hollons Thomas, Taylor and Draper
Hedger Daniel, Sadler
Munk John, (F.) Grazier
Munk George, (F.) Grazier
Munk Jeffery, sen. (F.) Grazier
Munk Jeffery, jun. (F.) Grazier
Munk John, (F.) Carpenter
Payne William, sen. (F.) Boot and Shoe-maker
Payne William, jun. Boot and Shoe-maker
Payne Edward, Peruke-maker
Palmer Matthew, (F.) Mason
Peckham William, Shopkeeper
Russell Thomas, (F.) Victualler
Relfe Joseph, Shopkeeper
Stricklan William, sen. Grazier
Stricklan William, jun. Grazier
Stricklan Edward, Grazier
Tilden Thomas, Grazier
Tolhurst William, Taylor and Draper
Wickhams Edward, Butcher
Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Vol. 2.
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Kent
- Civil Registration District: Tenterden
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Lympne, Post-1863 – North Lympne
- Poor Law Union: Tenterden
- Hundred: Blackbourne; Romney Marsh Liberty
- Province: Canterbury