The hundred of St Martins Pountney: Introduction

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 8. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1799.

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'The hundred of St Martins Pountney: Introduction', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 8, (Canterbury, 1799) pp. 399-400. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol8/pp399-400 [accessed 25 March 2024]

THE HUNDRED OF ST. MARTINS POUNTNEY

IS the next hundred to that of Aloesbridge southeastward. In the 7th year of king Edward I. the archbishop was lord of this hundred, as being within his manor of Aldington.

IT CONTAINS WITHIN ITS BOUNDS PART OF THE PARISHES OF
1. IVECHURCH.
2. ST. MARIES; and parish of
3. MIDLEY.

And the churches of those parishes, and likewise part of the parishes of HOPE, NEWCHURCH, and NEW and OLD ROMNEY. One constable has jurisdiction over it. The whole of it lies within the levels of Romney and Walland Marshes.