Description
Throwley, a parish in Kent, 4 miles SSW of Faversham station on the L.C. & D.R. It has a post office under Faversham; money order and telegraph office, Faversham. Acreage, 3256; population, 631. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manors belong to Lord Sondes and Lord Harris. Throwley House and Belmont are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is an ancient edifice of flint, and has been well restored. There are three almshouses.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
