Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUNTON

HUNTON, a village and a parish in Maidstone district, Kent. The village stands near the river Beult, 3 miles E by S of Yalding r. station, and 4½ SW by S of Maidstone; was once a market town; and has a postoffice under StaplehurST. The parish comprises 2, 061 acres. Real property, £6, 535. Pop. in 1851, 810; in 1861, 935. Houses, 187. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Lenhams; passed to the Giffords, the Clintons, the Wyatts, and others; and belongs now to H. Bannerman, Esq. Hunton Court, the seat of Mr. Bannerman, is a handsome mansion, in a well wooded park. Hops are largely cultivated. Two remarkable thunderstorms occurred here in 1746 and 1763. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £1, 050.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is neat and good; has a tower and spire; and contains some ancient monuments of the Fanes. There are handsome day schools, erected by Mr. Bannerman, a national school, endowed with a legacy by Bishop Porteous, and charities £30. Bishop Porteous was rector.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hunton AP/CP       Maidstone RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Hunton

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