The hundred of Newchurch: 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 Newchurch: Introduction', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 8, (Canterbury, 1799) pp. 337-338. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol8/pp337-338 [accessed 18 March 2024]

THE HUNDRED OF NEWCHURCH

IS the next south-westward from that of Street. last-described, being written in Domesday both Newvecerce and Neucerce. In the 7th year of Edward I. the king and the archbishop were lords of this hundred.

IT CONTAINS WITHIN ITS BOUNDS PART OF THE PARISHES OF
1. NEWCHURCH.
2. BILSINGTON, and
3. RUCKINGE.

And the churches of those parishes, and likewise part of the parishes of St. MARIES and SNAVE, the churches of which are in other hundreds. One constable has jurisdiction over it.