Petham, Kent

Description
Petham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near Stane Street, 3 miles SSE of Chartham station on the S.E.R., and 5 S by W of Canterbury. It has a post and money order office under Canterbury; telegraph office, Chartham. The parish contains also the hamlets of Swarling and Garlinge Green. Acreage, 3338; population of the civil parish, 622; of the ecclesiastical, with Waltham, 1088. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor was given in 1036 to Christchurch, Canterbury, and passed after the Reformation to the Crown. There are remains of entrenchments, which have been generally ascribed to Cffisar. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Waltham, in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £580 with residence. The church consists of aisles and chancel,. with a tower. There is a Methodist chapel.