Teynham, Kent

Description
Teynham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village, near a creek of the Swale, has a station on the L.C. & D.R., 49 miles from London and 3 1/2 E by S of Sittingbourne, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Sittingbourne. It was once a market-town, and gives the title of Baron to the family of Curzon. Acreage of parish, 2474; population, 1683. There is a parish council of nine members and a chairman. The manor was given by Kenulf, king of Mercia, to Christchurch, Canterbury, and belongs now to the Tyler family. A palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury was here. Hubert Walter, one of the archbishops of Canterbury, died at the palace in 1205, and was buried at Canterbury. All the cherry gardens and orchards of Kent are said to have been stocked with the Flemish cherry from a plantation of 105 acres in Teynham, made with foreign cherries, pippins, and golden rennets, done by the fruiterer of Henry VIII. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £250 with residence. Patron, the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The church is Early English, cruciform, and good. There are a boatbuilding establishment and extensive cement works in the parish, and brick-making is carried on.