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HollingbourneHollingbourne is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Maidstone, and in the deanery of Sutton. The church is named All Saints with original parish registers commencing 1556. Hollingbourne, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a district in Kent. The village stands 5-1/2 miles east of Maidstone rail station; was known at Domesday as Hoilingeborde; and has a post office under Maidstone, and a fair on 16 June. The parish contains also the hamlet of Eyhorne Street, and the places called New Englands, Woodcut Hill and Greenway Court. Acres, 4,560. Real property in 1860, £,6,108. Population in 1851, 1,302; in 1861 1,190. Houses, 189. The decrease of population arose from emigration, caused by want of employment. Most of the property is divided among seven. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. There were formerly paper mills; and these were converted into flour mills. There are brick and tile works. Very curious relics, of unique character, supposed to be Roman, and including a wooden club scarcely 2 feet long and a small wooden sword or dagger, were found about 3-1/2 feet below the surface, during the enlargement of a mill pond, in 1862. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hucking, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £430, with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early and later English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with low square tower; and contains many monuments of the Culpepers, of the 17th and 18th centuries. There are an endowed national school, a charity for widows with £100 a year, and other charities with £22. The district workhouse is in the parish; and, at the census of 1861, had 241 inmates. The sub-district contains also the parishes of Boxley, Detling, Bredhurst, Stockbury, Thurnham, Hucking, Bicknor and Wormshill. Acres, 22,026. Population in 1861, 4,690. Houses, 878. The district comprehends also the sub-district of Lenham, containing the parishes of Lenham, Boughton Malherbe, Harrietsham, Frinsted, Witchling, and Otterden;and the sub-district of Headcorn, containing the parishes of Headcorn, Ulcombe, Broomfield, Leeds, Langley, Sutton Valence, East Sutton and Chart next Sutton Valence. Acres, 57,017. Poor rates in 1863, £10,721. Population in 1851, 13,751; in 1861, 13,584. Houses, 2,743. Marriages in 1862, 74; births, 434 of which 34 were illegitimate; deaths, 206 of which 66 were at ages under 5 years and 6 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-1860, 780; births, 4,470; deaths, 2,552. The places of worship in 1851 in the district were 23 of the Church of England, with 5,487 sittings; 5 of Independents, with 1,038 sittings; 2 of Baptists, with 240 sittings; 6 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 719 sittings; 1 of Primitive Methodists, with 70 sittings; and 1 of Bible Christians, with 90 sittings. The schools were 16 public day schools, with 1,220 scholars; 25 private day schools, with 554 scholars; 21 Sunday schools with 1,206 scholars; and 1 evening school for adults, with 12 scholars. Source: John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). Hollingbourne Bibliography-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates. [Note: The following volumes can be found on archive.org: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]
Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852). Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005). URL: British History Online. Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908). URL: British History Online Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 39', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I. Published:(1906), pp. 315-323. URL: British History Online. Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III. Published:(1904), pp. 296-302. URL: British History Online. Location of RecordsThe following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive. There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England. This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues. If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number. Census
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