Hartlip, Kent

Description
Hartlip, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near Watling Street, 1 mile from Newington station on the L.C. & D.R., and 5 1/4 miles ESE of Chatham. It has a post office under Sittingbourne; money order and telegraph office, Newington. Acreage, 1422; population, 376. Remains of Roman baths, attached to a Roman villa in a field called Lower Danefield, were discovered about 1750 and laid open in 1848, and at their first discovery, were found to contain many bushels of wheat, apparently scorched by fire. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £208 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is cruciform, and of the latter part of the 13th century; has a square Norman tower; was restored in 1865 and 1885, and contains a handsome font. There are a Bible Christian chapel and an endowed school.