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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Teynham | Teynham is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teynham+ Teynham Wikipedia] and includes the hamlet of Conyer on an inlet of the Swale a channel which separates the mainland from the Island of Sheppey Barrow Green is also part of the village as are the areas (hamlets) of Deerton Street, Green Street, Frognal, New Gardens, Sandown and Teynham Street.<br> | ||
Teynham St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Canterbury and is part of the Teynham with Lynsted and Kingsdown benefice.<br> | |||
Tthe church dates from the 13th century and and was restored in 1873 and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176357-church-of-st-mary-teynham+ British listed building] <br> | |||
See Edward Hasted [The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (1798), pp. 284-296 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62970+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Teynham+ Kent Churches website]<br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == |
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