Bethersden, Kent, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

== Parish History  ==

BETHERSDEN (St. Beatrice), a '''parish''', in the union of West Ashford, hundred of Chart and Longbridge, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 6 miles WSW from Ashford. Here is a place of worship for '''Particular Baptists'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50795#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'', (1848), pp. 223-228. Date accessed: 1 July 2013. </ref>  

Bethersden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethersden Bethersden Wikipedia]

Bethersden St Margaret is an Ancient Parish, a map of the parish boundary may be viewed at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/bethersden-st-margaret/ A church near you].  

The church of St Margaret, Church Hill, Bethersden has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-180655-church-of-st-margaret-bethersden British listed building]  

Also in the village is the Baptist church (Union Chapel) which dates from the 1790s desire and the 1804/5 building prior to 1806 dedication. [http://unionchapel.co.uk/ Church website]<br>  

See also [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/00.htm Kent Archeology Society] and Edward Hasted, ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 7 (1798), pp. 485-496 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63437&strquery=Bethersden at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bethersden Kent Churches website]  

Bethersden was previously well-known for producing Marble and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade. Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace.