Hoath, Kent

Description
Hoath, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 1/2 miles NW of Grove Ferry station on the S.E.R., and 3 NE of Canterbury. It has a post and money order office under Canterbury; telegraph office, Chislet. The parish contains the hamlets of Maypole Street and Old Tree. Acreage, 914; population of the civil parish, 359; of the ecclesiastical, 603. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Some scanty remains exist of the archiepiscopal palace of Ford. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Eeculver, in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £166. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is an ancient structure, with a tower and spire, built in 1302, and restored in 1870, when a new aisle was added on the N side of the nave. There is a Wesleyan chapel.