Description
Rolvenden, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on an eminence, 3 miles SW of Tenterden, and 6 miles from Cranbrook station on the S.E.R. Acreage, 5753, population, 1194. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor, with Hole House, belongs to-the Morrison family. Kingsgate House, Maytham Hall, and Rawlinson are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £245 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is Early and Later English, and consists of nave, aisles,. transepts, and chancel, with vestry and lofty tower. There is a Bible Christian chapel. Hops are extensively grown in the neighbourhood.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
