Hunton, Kent

Description
Hunton, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near the river Beault, 3 miles E by S of Yalding station on the S.E.B., and 4 1/4 SW by S of Maidstone. It has a post and money order office under Maidstone; telegraph office, Yalding. Acreage, 2075; population, 934. The manor belonged to the Lenhams, passed to the Giffords, the Clintons, the Wyatts, and others, and belongs now to the Right Hon. Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Hunton Court, the seat of the Bannermans, is a handsome mansion in a well-wooded park. Hops are largely cultivated. Two remarkable thunderstorms occurred here in 1746 and 1763. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £600 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is neat and good, has a tower and spire, contains some ancient monuments of the Fanes, and was restored in 1876. Bishop Porteous was rector.