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History. The village of Aldington is steeped in history: more than 50 buildings of historical or architectural interest are in the civil parish. Beside the church was one of the Archbishop of Canterbury's palaces, of which only ruins remain.
USUALLY called Allington, is the next parish south-westward from Sellindge, being written in the earliest records Ealdintune, which name implies the antiquity of it. The greatest part of it, is in the hundred of Street, and the remainder of it, including the church, in that of Bircholt Franchise. (fn. 1)
Aldington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent. Smeeth is a chapelry of Aldington. Alternative names: Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1558. Bishop’s Transcripts: 1640. Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker.
Jun 13, 2024 · Guide to Aldington, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Historical Description. Aldington, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the quarry hills above the Grand Military Canal, 1½ mile S of Smeeth station on the S.E.R., and 6 miles SE of Ashford, with a post and money order office under Hythe; telegraph office, Mersham. Acreage of parish, 3445; population, 658.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aldington like this: ALDINGTON, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of East Ashford, Kent. The village stands near the Grand Military canal, 1½ mile S of Smeeth r. station, and 6 SE of Ashford.
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Overview. This is an ongoing study of the parish of Aldington in Kent. Its purpose is to discover as much as possible about the people who lived there in the nineteenth century. Some information relating to earlier times is also included. Geography. Figure 1 – North Aldington (O.S. 2nd edition, 1895)
