Description
Thanington, a parish in Kent, 2 miles SW of Canterbury station on the S.E.R. Post town, Canterbury. Acreage, 1222; population, 679. St James' Hospital for lepers was founded here in the tune of King John by Archbishop Walter, and was given in the time of Edward VI. to E. Dartnall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £60. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is an ancient structure in the Early English style, and was restored in 1882.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
