Great Chart, Kent

Description
Chart, Great, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands adjacent to the Ashford and Tunbridge railway, near the river Stour, 2 miles W by S of Ashford, under which it has a post and telegraph office; money order office, Ashford. It was formerly a market-town. Acreage, 3276 ; population, 706. The manor belonged anciently to Christ Church, Canterbury, and belongs now to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, c£424 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is chiefly Perpendicular English, was much repaired in the 15th century by the Goldwell family, and contains monuments of the Gold-wells, the Tokes, and others. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two almshouses. Godinton is the chief residence in the neighbourhood.