Chislet, Kent

Description
Chislet, a parish in Kent, on a branch of the river Stour, 1 mile NW of Grove Ferry station on the S.E.R., and 6 NE of Canterbury. It has a post and telegraph office under Canterbury; money order office, Upstreet. Acreage, 6807 of land and 176 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 1019. The manor belongs to the see of Canterbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £180 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is of Norman architecture of the 12th century, the arch between the tower and chancel being particularly fine. This arch has been illustrated in " Archaeologia Cantiana," vol. xii., p. 106. The present chancel is of the Early English style. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and a mission church at Marshside.