Description
Wittersham, a parish, with a village, in Kent, 4 1/2 miles NNW of Rye station on the S.E.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 3625; population, 803. A fair is held on 12 May. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £375 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a handsome building of stone in the Decorated style, with an embattled tower, and is a conspicuous landmark. Dr Beilby Porteous, Bishop of London, was once rector. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
