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Elham in Kent County England History and GeographyELHAM, a parish in the hundred of LONINGBOROUGH, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 7 miles (N.W. by N.) from Folkestone, containing 1168 inhabitants. This place, which was anciently of greater importance, and contained several handsome structures, of which there are scarcely any vestiges, was, at the time of the Conquest, in the possession of the Norman earl Ewe, a near relation of the Conqueror's, who obtained for it many valuable privileges: in the reign of Henry III. it belonged to Prince Edward, who procured for it the grant of a weekly market, which, though for some time disused, is held occasionally in the markethouse, every five or six years, in order to preserve the right. The village is situated on the smaller river Stour, and contains many houses neatly built of brick, and of modern appearance. Elham park, of which notice occurs in the time of Henry III., is now overgrown with wood. Fairs are held annually on Palm-Monday, Easter-Monday, and Whit-Monday, and October 20th, for horses, cattle, and pedlary. The county magistrates hold a petty session for the division monthly; and the parish is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests held at Folkestone, for the recovery of debts above 2s. and not exceeding 40s.: manorial courts are held on the Thursday in Easter week, and on the Thursday after the 20th of October. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £20, and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, on the nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious and handsome structure in the early style of English architecture, with a massive square embattled tower; over the west door is a fine window of three lights, in the decorated style, which has been subsequently inserted; the ancient timber roof is still preserved in the nave and aisles. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school was founded here in 1725, by Sir John Williams, Knt., who endowed it with a house and lands now producing upwards of £60 per annum, for the clothing and instruction of six poor boys, of whom one is placed out apprentice. A house of industry for this and several adjoining parishes has been recently erected. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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