England's topographer, or A new and complete history of the county of Kent; from the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvementEmbellished with a series of views from original drawings by GeoShepherd, HGastineau, &cwith historical, topographical, critical, & biographical delineations . s ])arish, ta^ken by act of p,irliament in 1821, ; irave the enumeration as follows: males 49), females 664, . making a total nf ]1)0 souls. The oldest register commences I in 1538, and clo-es in 1615, that now in use beoinnin- from I the latter date. 1 ? - • .I ! - The Cnuncn of Sa
England's topographer, or A new and complete history of the county of Kent; from the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvementEmbellished with a series of views from original drawings by GeoShepherd, HGastineau, &cwith historical, topographical, critical, & biographical delineations . s ])arish, ta^ken by act of p,irliament in 1821, ; irave the enumeration as follows: males 49), females 664, . making a total nf ]1)0 souls. The oldest register commences I in 1538, and clo-es in 1615, that now in use beoinnin- from I the latter date. 1 ? - • .I ! - The Cnuncn of Saint Clement is situated at the eastern i • part of the town, upon the most eleyated ground, being a hand- i - some strucMUC, cont ^IninLi a nave and two aisles, the steeple ris- ? ing from the ctutre, is by far the oldest part of the fabric. \ It is i^nuarp, and orurTnicnted on either side bv three ranges of ! pillars aud arclus, the lowest range having only six, the I next seven, and the uppermost nine arches. There was formerly ; a spire, as well as battlements, taken down between the years 1670 and itw >. It is built of jSonuan stone, the other parts of j the ediuce princi[)allv consist of holders (bv whiv^h term is meant I • 6 tv^?.??:.•---^^ ?*.?.?- ; ? ,. cf , .6f-; ; . —-. ^:im ?n :c. -j: 1%. r ^13 f;:.^:^-^ i>.4,M^ ^:.:lwt;i^;i:^a>;^.v/^t.;::^^,^j^^ ;^j-, r:.:^ COUNTY OF KENT, 035 flints uoni away by friction on tlie shore,) niixetl up with sand-stone, as well as Caea stone, most probably ruins of the orii^inalbuilding. The chancel is lofty, of which there arc two others atthe east end ; stalls formerly existed, fitted with seats for somereligious fraternity, wdiile the church also contained chapels de-dicated to Saints James, I^-Iargaret the Virgin, and Thouias theMartyr; the chancel of St. George, and Greens chantry; abrotherhood also existed for the procession of St George, onwhich solemnity, his figure was carried with great pomp
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