Description
Knowlton, a parish in Kent, 2 miles SW of Eastry, and 3 1/2 E by S of Adisham station on the L.C. & D.R. Post town, Wingham. Acreage, 430; population, 36. Knowlton Court, a fine old mansion, belongs to the D'Aeth family, whose ancestor, Narborough, was lost with Admiral Shovell in 1707 on the Scilly Islands, and stands in a richly-wooded park of upwards of 300 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £125.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
