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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Nurstead Court and its church are within the civil parish of Meopham in the Gravesham district of Kent. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meopham+ Meopham Wikipedia] for a description of the local settlements in the Meopham civil parish. <br> | Nurstead Court and its church are within the civil parish of Meopham in the Gravesham district of Kent. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meopham+ Meopham Wikipedia] for a description of the local settlements in the Meopham civil parish. <br> | ||
Nurstead (in some sources Nursted) St Mildred is an Ancient Parish near Meopham.<br> | Nurstead (in some sources Nursted) St Mildred is an Ancient Parish near Meopham.<br> | ||
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The mediaeval church is dedicated to St Mildred a local saint (born at Minster in Kent) and is the surviving part of the Nurstead Court ancient manor. | The mediaeval church is dedicated to St Mildred a local saint (born at Minster in Kent) and is the surviving part of the Nurstead Court ancient manor. | ||
The church of St Mildred, Nurstead Church Lane, Meopham has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356815-church-of-st-mildred-meopham+ British listed building]<br> | The church of St Mildred, Nurstead Church Lane, Meopham has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356815-church-of-st-mildred-meopham+ British listed building]<br> | ||
See Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 351-356 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62864+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Nurstead+ Kent Churches website]<br> | |||
See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nurs_plc.htm+ Nursted North West kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nurs_c01.htm+ Nursted St Mildred]<br> | See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nurs_plc.htm+ Nursted North West kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/nurs_c01.htm+ Nursted St Mildred]<br> | ||