Great Mongeham, Kent

Description
Mongeham, Great, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 miles WSW of Deal, and 1 mile from Walmer station on the L.C. & D.R., takes its name by corruption from Monkham, signifying " Monks village;" was in the-time of Henry III. a considerable market-town; retains in its. centre a space called the Market-place, and has a post office under Deal; money order and telegraph office, Deal. Acreage of parish, 806 ; population, 701. The parish council consists of seven members-four for the western and three for the eastern division of Walmer. For ecclesiastical purposes the eastern division, with a population of over 300, was joined to Walmer by Order in Council dated 1894. The manor belonged anciently to St Augustine's, Canterbury. Some 1/2 remains exist of an ancient mansion of the Crayfords. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury ; value, £320 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, originally Norman, is mainly Early English y has a lofty tower of later date, about the time of Henry I., covered with ivy and commanding an extensive view, was well restored about 1851, and contains interesting sedilia and piscina. John Potter, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, and Elias Sydall, D.D., Bishop of Gloucester, were at one time-rectors.