The hundred of Calehill: Introduction

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1798.

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'The hundred of Calehill: Introduction', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7, (Canterbury, 1798) pp. 412. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol7/p412 [accessed 17 March 2024]

THE HUNDRED OF CALEHILL

LIES the next hundred southward from that of Wye. It is written in Domesday, Calebelle,

AND CONTAINS WITHIN ITS BOUNDS THE PARISHES OF
1. CHARING.
2. EGERTON.
3. LITTLE CHART.
4. PLUCKLEY; and part of
5. WESTWELL, and
6. SMARDEN.

And The churches of those parishes; and likewise a part of the parishes of Bethersden, Great Chart, Hedcorne, Hothfield, and Lenham, the churches of which are in other hundreds. Two constables have jurisdiction over it.