Bethersden, Kent

Location

Bethersden is an ancient parish, split between the hundreds of Chart and Longbridge. It sits within the Weald in the south east of the County of Kent. It is approximately six miles west of Ashford and Canterbury is about twenty miles to the north east. The county town of Maidstone is about seventeen miles to the north west. The port of Rye in the neighbouring County of Sussex is fifteen miles to the south and Folkestone about twenty miles to the east.

For additional information please see The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 by Edward Hasted (pub 1798) (accessed June 2018).

Parish Church

The Parish (CofE) Church is St Margaret, Bethersden, which can be found here on Google Street View

Parish Registers

The surviving parish registers are held at the Kent History and Library Centre. See Kent History and Library Centre: Parish Registers

Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes

To the east of Bethersden lie the parishes of Great Chart and Shadoxhurst. To the south is Woodchurch and High Halden. To the west lies the parish of Smarden and to the north is Pluckley.

Gleanings from

• Bethersden Census Returns
  • 1851 Census Bethersden