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Kent
Kent on
Wikipedia.
Acol, St.
Mildred. © Peter Morgan (2017).
Link.
Acrise, St. Martin. TR 193 422. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Addington, St. Margaret of Antioch. TQ 654 588. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. Some additional
views, all © Dave Godden - a NE
view, showing a blocked window in the Watton Chapel; the
East Window; the
Watton Memorial; and an
obelisk in the graveyard to
William Lockyer, R.N. (1730/1-1800).
Adisham, Holy Innocents. TR 226 537.
Link.
Baptist Church. TR 227 533. Both ©
Geoff Watt. Interior view, from an old postcard in John Bowdler's collection.
Aldington, St. Martin. TR 074 361.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Aldington Evangelical Mission Church. TR 061 364. Both © Dave Westrap.
Alkham, St. Anthony. TR 256 424.
Link.
Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private
residence. TR 253 426. Both © Geoff Watt.
Allhallows, All Saints. TQ 836 775.
© Dave Westrap. An old postcard view,
Tony Larkin Collection. Link1.
Link2.
Appledore, St. Peter & St. Paul.
Another view.
Interior view. TQ 957
292. All © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link. Appledore Christian Centre
(CoE and Methodist), formerly a Methodist Chapel, and originally Wesleyan, dates
from 1836. TQ 955
295. © Geoff Watt. Another view. ©
Dave Westrap.
Ash, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ 602 646. Link. The New
Ash Chapel (called Revelation Church). TQ 600 653. Both © Dave Westrap.
Ash, St. Nicholas. TR 287 584.
Link.
U.R.C. TR 286 584. Both © Geoff Watt.
Ashford.
Ashurst, St. Martin. Another view, and the
font. A medieval coffin-lid is built into the walls. All © Dave
Godden. Link.
Aylesford, St. Peter and St. Paul. Another view. The
Culpeper Monument (link), and
another view. The
John Banks Memorial (link). TQ 7293 5903. All © Dave Godden. Link. An
old postcard view of the church, in its charming situation near the river,
from John Bowdler's
Collection, and a very similar
photo, © Christopher Skottowe
(1963). Also from Christopher,
another view from the other
side of the bridge. © Christopher Skottowe
(1963). Link.
Grade I listed. A large number of tombs,
etc., are listed separately - they can be found
here. The Carmelite
Friary. Two further views -
1,
2, and four interiors -
1,
2,
3,
4. TQ 7237 5885. All © Mike
Forbester. Link. A former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan)
stands on Rochester Road at TQ 7319 5904. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
Its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1850. A
map of 1897 marks a Mission Room at TQ 7291
5888. Streetview saw
it in 2021. I've been unable to discover anything else about this
building.
Aylsham.
Badlesmere, St. Leonard.
Another view. Two bench ends -
1,
2, which Dave advises date
to no later than 1415. All © Dave Godden.
Link1.
Link2.
Barfreston, St. Nicholas. TR 2642 5015. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, © Geoff Watt. Two further
views - 1, 2, and a detail of a marvellous
old carving, all from old postcards in John Bowdler's collection. An old photo, probably dateable to the 1890's,
from Christopher Skottowe's Collection, and two postcards from his
collection show the interior - 1,
2. A
doorway and its
tympanum, a
blocked doorway, and
wheel window, and two of the
interior - 1,
2, all © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Barham, St. John the Baptist. Two further views - 1,
2, and two interior views - 1,
2, plus a window. TR 209 500. All © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Link4. Link5.
Methodist Church, dating from 1836. TR 206 493. © Geoff Watt.
Barming.
Bearsted, Holy Cross. TQ 801 555.
Link.
Catholic Church of St. Peter. TQ
796 549. Link.
Methodist Church (on Ware Street). TQ 739 404. All © Geoff Watt.
Beltinge, Methodist Church. TR
201 685. © Geoff Watt.
Bekesbourne, St. Peter. TR 195
555. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Benenden, St. George. TQ 807 326. © Geoff Watt. Another view. Note that the card is labelled Hemstead.
Judy Flynn advises that Benenden School was known as Hemsted Park when it was built in the 19th century. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection.
Link.
Catholic Chapel (served from Cranbrook, St. Theodore). TQ 808 335. Both © Geoff Watt.
Bethersden, St. Margaret. TQ 9278
4027. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Grade I listed. A former Chapel (now a private
residence), which Janet Gimber advises was Wesleyan Methodist. TQ 9301 4008. © Geoff Watt.
Union Chapel
(Independent Baptists). TQ 9297 4033. © Geoff Watt.
Another view, © Gerard
Charmley (2022).
Link.
Betteshanger, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 312 525. © Geoff Watt.
Bicknor, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ
861 581. © Geoff Watt. The following are © Dave Godden - two further views,
1,
2,
interior view, showing a
Norman pier, a medieval grave slab,
and the reredos.
Link.
Bidborough, St. Lawrence. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection.
Link.
Biddenden, All Saints. TQ 8491 3840. © Bill Henderson. Another view, © Bill McKenzie.
An old postcard view, from Dave
Westrap's Collection. Two further views - 1, 2 - both © Steve Bulman (2009).
Two more views - 1,
2, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3,
sedilia, and the
font, all © Karel Kuča
(2007).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bilsington, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Another view. TR 042 342. Both ©
Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Birling, All Saints. TQ 680 606. ©
Geoff Watt. Link.
Bishopsbourne, St. Mary. TR 187 526. ©
Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from John Bowdler's Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
Birchington.
Blean, St. Cosmus and St Damien. TR 128
607. Link. Former
Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1879, now a
private residence. TR 121 611. Both © Geoff Watt.
Blue Bell Hill, St. Alban. TQ 748
625. © Geoff Watt.
Bobbing, St. Bartholomew. TQ 888 652.
© Geoff Watt.
Bonnington, St. Rumwold.
Another view. TR 057 344. Both ©
Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Borden, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ 882
629. © Geoff Watt. Another view. © Dave
Westrap (2010).
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Borough Green.
Borstal, St. Matthew. TQ 731 667.
Link1.
Link2.
Baptist Church. TQ 730 665. Both ©
Dave Westrap.
Boughton Aluph, St. Nicholas. TR 034 482. © Geoff Watt.
Boughton Green, the former quarryman's chapel, now a private residence. TQ 772 517. © Geoff Watt.
Boughton Lees, Baptist Church. TR 026 472. © Geoff Watt.
Boughton Monchelsea, St. Peter. TQ
771 499. © Geoff Watt.
Boughton Street, St. Barnabas (disused). TR 061 592. Former
Wesleyan Chapel (now up for sale). TR 056 594. Both © Geoff Watt.
Boughton Under Blean, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 047 586. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Bounds Cross, Ebenezer
Baptist Chapel. Another view
includes the schoolroom of 1907. TQ 8490 4102. © Gerard Charmley
(2021).
Link. The church website
history page dates it to 1880.
Boxley, St. Mary and All Saints.
Another view. TQ 774 589. Both © Dave
Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Boyden Gate, former chapel, dating from 1841, now a private residence? TR 223 656. © Geoff Watt.
Brabourne, St. Mary the Blessed Virgin. TR 103 416. © Geoff Watt.
Link1. Link2.
Brabourne Lees, Baptist Chapel. TR 081 403. Zion Chapel, dating
from 1838. TR 084 406. Both © Geoff Watt.
Bradsole, St. Radegund's Abbey - see
Wolverton, below.
Brasted, St. Martin. TQ 468 554. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Bredgar, St. John the Baptist. TQ 880
603. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Bredhurst, St. Peter. TQ
799 622.
Link. Former Independent Chapel. TQ 797 624. Both © Geoff Watt.
Brenzett, St. Eanswith. TR 004 277. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Bridge, St. Peter. TR 182 541.
Methodist Church. TR 184 542. Both
© Geoff Watt.
Broad Oak, Countess Of Huntingdon's Connexion (Evangelical Free Church), dating from 1867. It served as a sick-bay during
WWI for the East Kent Yeomanry. TR 167 613. © Geoff Watt.
Broadstairs.
Brompton, St. Paulinus (R.C.). TQ
762 689. © Geoff Watt.
Brook, St. Mary. TR 054 443. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Brookland,
St. Augustine. TQ 9895 2581. © Dave
Westrap. An old postcard view (from
about 1926), Dave Westrap's Collection. Another view, the
porch (I've never
seen doors like these on a church before!), and the charming weather-vane, all © Steve Bulman (2009).
Two interiors - 1,
2, and two views of the superb lead
"Zodiac" font - 1,
2, all © Carole Sage. Another
interior, © David Campbell.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Link5.
Lots more photos
here. A former Methodist Chapel stands a little
under a quarter of a mile to the west of the church at TQ 9861 2580. It
was seen by Streetview
in 2009, and it's date-stone for 1849, as Wesleyan, can be seen.
Broomfield (near Leeds), St. Margaret. TQ 830
526. © Geoff Watt.
Broomfield (near Herne Bay), U.R.C. TR 1950 6685. © Geoff Watt.
Streetview provides
another view, from 2014.
Link.
Buckland (near Dover), St. Andrew. From an old postcard (franked
1905), Bulman Collection. Link.
Note that the same postcard appears on the link site.
Buckland (near Faversham), the ruins of St.
Nicholas, which fell into disrepair centuries
ago.
Another view. Both © Dave Godden.
Link,
which says the spire was still standing in 1719.
Burham, St. Mary, now in the care of the Church Commissioners. TQ 716 620.
Link.
Methodist Church. TQ 726 622. Both
© Geoff Watt.
Burmarsh, All Saints. TR 100 320. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Canterbury.
Capel, St. Thomas A Becket, now cared for by
the Churches Conservation Trust. TQ 637 445. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Capel-le-Ferne, Baptist Church, which
dates from 1870. TR 278 400. © Geoff Watt.
Chainhurst, former chapel, now a
private residence. TQ 729 476. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was a Gospel Hall (Free Brethren).
Challock, St. Cosmas & St. Damian.
Link.
Methodist Church. TR 008 504.
Both © Geoff Watt.
Charing, St. Peter & St. Paul. © Bill McKenzie.
Another view, from an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Methodist Church. TQ 969 445. ©
Geoff Watt.
Charing Heath, Holy Trinity. TQ
922 495. © Geoff Watt.
Chart Sutton, St. Michael. © Geoff
Watt.
Chartham, St. Mary. TR 106 500. ©
Geoff Watt. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2014).Link.
Grade I listed. The ruin of Horton Chapel.
Another view. TR 115 552. Both © Dave Godden. Link.
Grade II listed.
Chatham.
Chattenden, Bishop Gundulph Church
(Anglican). TQ 758 719. © Dave Westrap.
Chesterfield, Catholic Church of St.
Joseph. TR 136 665. © Geoff Watt.
Chiddingstone, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. TQ
5008 4519. Both © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chiddingstone Causeway, St. Luke. TQ 520
465. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Chilham, St. Mary. Another view. TR 068 536. Both © Steve Bulman (2014). An old postcard view, from Steve
Bulman's Collection, franked 1916 or 1918. A
painting owned by Norman Boyd shows a village in the snow. Sent in
for identification, he managed to identify it himself.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Chillington, All Saints. TR 269
537. © Geoff Watt.
Chislet, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 224
644. © Geoff Watt. An old postcard view, from John Bowdler's Collection.
Marshside Methodist Church at Boyden
Gate. © Alan K. Taylor (1994).
Claygate, former chapel, now a private
residence. TQ 712 429. © Geoff Watt.
Cliffe, St. Helen. TQ 735 766.
Link1.
Link2. © Dave Westrap. The same church in an
old postcard, courtesy of the Tony
Larkin Collection. Christian Mission
Church (Free Evangelical). TQ 736 760.
Link. © Dave Westrap.
Cliffsend, St. Mary the Virgin.TR
345 644. © Geoff Watt.
Cobham, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 669 682. © Dave
Westrap. An old postcard view
(postmarked 1906), from Dave Westrap's Collection. Two interior views -
1,
2, the
organ, and a
tomb, all © Dave Westrap (2010).
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Link5.
Coldred, St. Pancras. TR 274 476. ©
Geoff Watt.
Collier Street, St. Margaret. TQ 716
461. © Geoff Watt.
Cooling.
Coxheath, Holy Trinity. See also Linton. © Ann
Gould. Another view. © Bill McKenzie.
Cranbrook.
Crundale, St. Mary. TR 085 486. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Curtisden Green, Providence Chapel. TQ 739 404. © Geoff Watt.
Cuxton, St. Michael and All Angels. TQ
709 665. Link.
Community Church (U.R.C.). TQ 709
666. Link. Both © Geoff
Watt.
Darenth, St.
Margaret of Antioch. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, from Dave Westrap's Collection. TQ 561 713.
Link1.
Link2.
The
Lane End Free Evangelical Church. TQ 571 714. © Dave Westrap. An older photo of the
Free Church. © Alan Taylor.
Dargate Corner,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (now a private residence). TR 0813 6155. © Geoff Watt.
Dartford.
Davington, Faversham - see the
Faversham page.
Deal.
Denton, St. Mary Magdalene.
Another view.
Interior view. All © Bill Henderson.
Detling, St. Martin of Tours. TQ 792
582. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Ditton, St. Peter ad Vincula. TQ 709
581. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Doddington, The Beheading of St. John
the Baptist. Another view. TQ 939
575. Both © Geoff Watt. Link1.
Link2.
Dode - see Luddesdown, below.
Dover.
Downe, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Dungeness, The Sanctuary Church (Anglican). TR 092 172. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Dunkirk, Christ Church, made redundant in 1988. ©
Bill Henderson.
Dunk's Green, Evangelical Free Church. TQ 611 520. © Geoff Watt. Another view, ©
Alan K. Taylor (mid 1980's).
Dunton Green, Pentecostal Church. © Alan Taylor.
Dymchurch.
East End,
St. Margaret (part of Benenden Hospital). TQ 831 352. © Geoff Watt.
East Farleigh, St. Mary. TQ 7341 5331.
© Ann Gould. Link.
Grade II* listed.
East Langdon, St. Augustine. TR 333
460. © Geoff Watt.
East Malling, St. James the Great. TQ 703 570. © Geoff Watt. Another view.
© Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
East Peckham, St. Michael. Not routinely used for services, this church is in the care of the Churches Conservation
Trust. TQ 662 522. Providence Strict
Baptist Chapel (dates from 1855). TQ 666 487.
Methodist Church. TQ 666 487.
Holy Trinity. TQ 664 492.
Link. All © Geoff Watt.
East Sutton, St. Peter & St. Paul. TQ 827
495. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Eastbridge, church ruin. Another view. TR 078 319. Both © Dave Godden.
Eastchurch, All Saints. © Geoff Watt.
Previously in the "Unknown" section, this sketch,
made in the 1890's by Michael Foot's gg-grandfather, who lived in London, was
identified by Janet Gimber. The former
Wesleyan
Chapel, now a private residence. TQ 986 714. © Geoff Watt.
Eastling, St. Mary. TQ 965 565. ©
Geoff Watt.
Link.
Eastry, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 311
547. Link.
Hospital Church (redundant). TR
308 546. Both © Geoff Watt. The former Zion Baptist Chapel (1824). © Alan K. Taylor (1992).
New Life Pentecostal Church and interior view, both © Alan K. Taylor.
Eastwell, the remains of St. Mary, which collapsed in the 1950's. Another view.
Richard Plantagenet, the supposed last son of Richard III was buried in
this old tomb. A modern inscribed stone is attached. All © Dave Godden.
Ebony, St. Mary the Virgin. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Eccles, Methodist Church. TQ 728
605. © Geoff Watt.
Egerton, St. James. © Geoff Watt.
Egerton Forstal, Egerton Free Church. TQ 891 466. © Geoff Watt.
Elham, St. Mary the Virgin. Two interior views - 1,
2. TR 177 438. All © Dave
Westrap. An old postcard view, from Dave
Westrap's Collection. The following are all © Fr. John Boyle. Another view of the church. A window portrait of
St. Thomas Becket, dating from ca. 1490. Another window has St. George. The
aumbrey. The baptistery dates from 1916, though the font bowl is C12. The
organ. Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Elmsted, St. James the Great. TR 1165
4493. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. Four modern views -
1, 2,
3, 4,
all © Karel Kuča (2007). Link.
Grade I listed.
Elmstone, dedication lost. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
A modern view. TR 262 603. © Geoff
Watt.
Elvington, Pentecostal Chapel, formerly
the miner's chapel. TR 276 508. © Geoff Watt.
Etchinghill, St. Mary's Hospital
Chapel (1895). © Geoff Watt.
Eynsford, St. Martin of Tours (CoE). Another view, and an
interior view. TQ 540 64. All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2. Link3.
Eythorne, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Karel
Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Baptist Church (1804) on Chapel Hill. TR 2829
4943. © Geoff Watt. Another view, ©
Carole Sage (1967). Link.
Grade II listed.
Our Lady of the Holy
Apostles (R.C.) on Church Hill. TR 279 496. © Geoff Watt.
Fairfield,
St. Thomas Becket. TQ 9668 2649. © Dave Westrap. An old
postcard view, from Geoff Watt's
Collection.
Four more views - 1,
2,
3, 4, all © Karel Kuča (2007). Two interior views - 1,
2, the
altar,
box pews, and the
font, all © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Fairseat, the Holy
Innocents Anglican Chapel. TQ 622 614. © Dave Westrap. Link.
Faversham.
Fawkham, St. Mary. TQ 597 680. © Dave Westrap.
An old postcard view, courtesy of the Tony Larkin
Collection. Link1. Link2.
Finglesham, former chapel, now
derelict. TR 338 538. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist, and later Methodist.
Five Oak Green, United Church, formerly
Congregational and U.R.C. TQ 652 451. © Geoff Watt.
Folkestone.
Fordcombe, St. Peter. TQ 525 403. © Brett Jeffrey.
Another view. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Fordwich, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 181
598. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link.
Fort Pitt, Military Cemetery Chapel. TQ 749 672. © Geoff Watt.
Frindsbury, All Saints. TQ 744 698.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Baptist Church. TQ
739 703. Both © Dave Westrap.
Frittenden, St. Mary. TQ 8131 4095. ©
Geoff Watt. Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed features associated
with the church can be seen
here. The former Bethel
Chapel (now a private residence) stands at the junction of Frittenden Road
and Sand Lane, to the east of the village. TQ 8210 4085. © Geoff Watt. The
former
Providence Strict Baptist Chapel on
Frittenden Road, which is dated in its
grade II listing to the early 19th century.
TQ 8172 4106.
© Gerard Charmley
(2022).
Gillham
(nr. Smarden), Strict Baptist Church. TQ 873 412. © Geoff Watt.
Gillingham.
Golden Green, possible church. Can you confirm? TQ 637 482. © Geoff Watt. Howard Richter has been researching this
building, and advises that it is St. Mary's Mission Church, from St. Mary in Hadlow, about 2 miles away, dedicated in 1919. According to their
website, the church still holds services, and also
serves as a community hall. The Mission was preceded in the village by a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which stood at about TQ 638 483. This shows on old maps from
the 1908 edition, but not on the earlier 1897/8. It appears to have still been in use in 1961, but is not named, though still standing, and so presumably no
longer in use as a church, on the 1961/2 edition. It was demolished before the 1983 map. Nos. 1 and 2 Chapel Cottages now stand on the site.
Goodnestone, St. Bartholomew. No longer in regular use, it is cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust. TR
044 616. © Geoff Watt. The following are all © Dave Westrap- two further views - 1,
2, and an interior view.
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Goodnestone (near Canterbury), Holy Cross. TR 255 546. © Geoff Watt.
Goudhurst, St.
Mary. © Bill Henderson. Another view. © Bill
McKenzie. Interior view. © Dave Westrap.
A further view, another
interior, the
font, and the handsome 1608
tomb of Sir Anthony Culpepper with
his wife Anne, and their 16 children, and the
effigies of Sir Alexander Culpepper
and his wife Mary, dating from the time of Henry VIII, all © Elaine Sanders
(2016). Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Grade I listed. The former Wesleyan Chapel.
TQ
723 379. © Geoff Watt. Catholic Church of
the Sacred Heart, dates from 1882. TQ 729 380. © Geoff Watt. Former Primitive Methodist Chapel (ca.
1851), now Chapel House. TQ 731 379. © Geoff Watt.
Grain.
Graveney, All Saints. TR 053 626. ©
Geoff Watt.
Link.
Gravesend.
Great Chart, St. Mary.
Interior view. Both © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Great Mongeham, St. Martin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Christian Centre. TR 353 518. © Geoff Watt.
Greatstone, St. Peter. TR 079 224.
© Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Greenhithe.
Groombridge, Christ the Healer at the Burrswood
Centre. Another view. Link1.
There's a small wooden chapel nearby. TQ 520 377.
St. John. TQ 530 376.
Link1.
Link2. All © Dave
Westrap.
Guston, St. Martin of Tours. Photo by kind
permission of the
Guston Church Web-site. Another view.
© Geoff Watt.
Hadlow,
St. Mary. TQ 6345 4971. From an old postcard, Brett Jeffrey's Collection. A
modern view, © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Numerous headstones, tombs, etc.
are listed separately - they can be found
here. A converted Baptist Chapel stands on
Court Lane, at TQ 6351 4984. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009, and is
dated here
to 1830. Old maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
near the Baptist Chapel, at TQ 6353 4980. The house which stands on the site
today has a date-stone. Unfortunately I can't read it on
Streetview (2019), so I
don't know if it's from the chapel. This
source
dates it to 1899-1956.
Haffenden Quarter, former chapel, now a
private residence. TQ 881 414. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Baptist.
Halling,
Baptist Church. © Geoff Watt.
Ham, St. Augustine. TR 326 547. © Geoff
Watt.
Ham Street, Good Shepherd Anglican Church. TR 000 333. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Harbledown, St. Nicholas. TR 131
582. © Geoff Watt. This interior view of St.
Nicholas' Hospital Chapel, from John Bowdler's postcard collection. was in the
Unknown section for quite a while, and identified by Simon Davies.
Harrietsham, St. John the Baptist. TQ 874 530. © Geoff Watt.
Hartley.
Hartlip, St. Michael & All Saints. TQ
838 649. Methodist Church, now also partly used as a church retreat centre. TQ 839 643.
Link.
Both © Geoff Watt.
Harty, St. Thomas the Apostle. TR 023 662. © Dave
Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Hastingleigh, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view.
Interior view. TR 101 445.
All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Hawkhurst.
Hawley, the Mission. Another view. The photos were evidently taken at different
times. Both © Alan Taylor.
Headcorn.
Herne, St. Martin. TR 182 658. ©
Geoff Watt. An old engraving from 1875, from the Colin Waters Collection.
Link.
Grade II* listed. St. Martin of Tours. From an old postcard
(franked 1913) in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More
(R.C.), formerly Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1887. TR 183 657. © Geoff
Watt.
Herne Bay.
Hernhill, St. Michael. TR 065 606. ©
Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Hersden, St. Dunstan (R.C.). TR 206
623. Former Methodist Chapel, now a community centre. TR 205 623. Both © Geoff Watt.
Hever, St. Peter. TQ 476 448. © Dave
Westrap. An old postcard view, from Dave
Westrap's Collection. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Hextable, Bethel Pentecostal Church. © Alan Taylor.
High Halden, St. Mary. TQ 9017 3724. ©
Geoff Watt. Three more views - 1,
2,
3, the lych-gate, the
porch and the
doorway, all © Karel Kuča (2007).
Link.
Grade I listed. The village has a former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan), on Ashford
Road at TQ 8960 3732. I haven't been able to find dates for it, but it pre-dates
a map of 1898. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
High Halstow, St. Margaret. TQ 779
752. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Higham.
Hildenborough, St. John the Evangelist. TQ 564 488. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Hillborough, St. Mary the Virgin (1878) on Reculver Lane.
It had a predecessor on the same site of 1810. TR 2120 6805.
© Dave Westrap. Two additional views - 1,
2, and the
interior, all © Peter Morgan (2017).
A 2019 Streetview provides
another view.
Link.
Grade II listed - see in particular the history section at the end where its
connection to the Saxon church at Reculver (q.v.) is described.
Hinxhill, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 048
426. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Hoath, Holy Cross. TR 203 842. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Hollingbourne, All Saints.
Another view. TQ
843 550. Both © Dave Westrap. Another
view. © Geoff Watt.
Link1.
Link2.
Hoo St. Werburgh, St. Werburgh. TQ 783
718. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view (franked 1904). Tony Larkin
Collection. Link1.
Link2.
Link3. Holy Family Church (R.C.) - thanks to Dave Westrap for the dedication. TQ 784 723. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Methodist Church. TQ 782 722. © Dave
Westrap.
Hope (near New Romney), the remains of All Saints, abandoned to decay centuries ago. TR 049 258. © Steve Bulman (2009).
Horns Cross, Stone Pentecostal Church (now closed). © Alan K. Taylor.
Horsmonden, St. Margaret. TQ 703
382. Link.
Methodist Church. TQ 786 439.
Both © Geoff Watt.
Horton Kirby, St. Mary, which is heavily screened by trees. TQ 562 685. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2. Fairhavens Mission at Horton Coverts. © Alan Taylor.
Hothfield, St. Margaret. TQ 969 445.
© Geoff Watt. Link.
Hougham, St. Laurence the Martyr. TR
278 400. © Geoff Watt.
Hucking, St. Margaret. TQ 844 583. ©
Geoff Watt.
Hythe.
Ickham,
St. John the Evangelist. TR 222 581. © Geoff Watt.
Link. Another view, a fine sun-dial, interior, the
tomb of Thomas de Baa,
and the font, which, though handsome, looks too crisp to have any great age. All © Steve Bulman (2014).
Link.
Grade I listed. The remains of
Well Chapel. Another view. Both © Dave Godden.
Iden Green, Congregational Church. TQ 804 318. © Geoff Watt.
Ightham, St. Peter. © Dave Westrap. TQ 594 569. Link.
And an old postcard, courtesy of the Tony Larkin
Collection.
Ightam Mote (near Ivy Hatch), Old Chapel. New Chapel (on the upper floor).
Interior view, and the painted ceiling. All © Janet
Gimber (2014). Link.
Grade I listed (for the entire building).
Isle of Grain, see Grain.
Istead Rise, St. Barnabas, has now been extended. The
new building is to the right. Both © Dave Westrap. TQ 635 699. Link.
Ivy Hatch - see Ightam Mote, above.
Ivychurch, St. George, which is commonly
referred to as The Cathedral of the Fens. TR 0282 2767. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, ©
Dave Westrap. Two additional views - 1,
2, and two interiors -
1,
2, all © Carole Sage (2016).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Iwade, All Saints. TQ 902 680. © Geoff
Watt.
Kemsing, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 556 587. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Kenardington,
St. Mary. Another view.
Interior view. TQ 974 321.
All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Kilndown, Christ Church. TQ 700 352.
© Geoff Watt.
Kingsdown, St. John the Evangelist. TR 377 485. © Geoff Watt.
Kingsnorth, the former Pentecostal Church (since 1969), and previously a Bible Christian Chapel, now a private
residence. TR 002 394. St. Michael
and All Angels. TR 006 393.
Link. Both © Geoff Watt.
Kingston, St. Giles. TR 197 513. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Kippington, St. Mary. TQ 552 546. ©
Geoff Watt. Link.
Knowlton, St. Clement. TR 282 534. ©
Geoff Watt. Link.
Laddingford, St. Mary. TQ 691 479. The former Orthodox Chapel. TQ 691 482.
Both © Geoff Watt.
Lamberhurst, St. Mary the Virgin on
Church Road. TQ 682 366. © Geoff Watt. The following are all © Judith Anderson - two further views - 1,
2,
interior view (note the Consecration Cross on the wall - the church
has several (close-up), and the font.
The tower and spire, © Elaine Sanders
(2016). Link.
Grade I listed. Strict Baptist Chapel. TQ 674 360. © Judith Anderson.
Langley, St. Mary. TQ 8052 510. © Karel
Kuča (2011). Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1853-5.
Langton Green, All Saints (interior). From
an old postcard in Judy Flynn's Collection.
Link (which has an
exterior view).
Larkfield, Methodist Church. TQ
704 583. © Geoff Watt.
Lashenden, Ebenezer Chapel (Strict Baptist), dated 1879. TQ 849 410. © Geoff Watt.
Leaveland, St. Laurence. TR 004 548.
© Geoff Watt.
Leeds, St. Nicholas. TQ 825 534. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Leigh, St. Mary. TQ 548 466. © Dave
Westrap. An old postcard view, from Geoff
Watt's Collection. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Lenham, St. Mary. TQ 8992 5213. © John
Salmon. Four additional views - 1,
2, 3,
4, all © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of tombs etc. in the
churchyard are listed separately
here. The village had a U.R.C. until recently.
Originally Congregational, it was seen by
Streetview in 2009, but it
had been demolished by 2016.
TQ 8971 5220.
Lenham Heath, former chapel (now a private
residence). TQ 919 495. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Primitive Methodist, and later "Lenham Heath Methodist Chapel".
Leybourne, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Mike Rice. Link.
Leysdown,
St. Clement, now demolished. Link is to external website.
Linton, St. Nicholas. Coxheath Congregational Chapel (though it is in
Linton!). Both © Ann Gould.
Little Chart, St. Mary. Destroyed by a V1 in WWII.
© Bill McKenzie. Three further views - 1, 2, 3
- all © Dave Godden. Link.
Littlebourne, St. Vincent on Nargate Close. Note the unusually placed sundial (close-up). Two interior views - 1,
2, and the side-chapel. TR 210 578. All © Steve Bulman (2014).
Link1.
Link2. Grade I listed. U.R.C. TR 209 574.
© Geoff Watt.
Littlestone, St. Augustine (R.C.).
TR 083 243. © Dave Westrap.
Longfield, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 603 690.
Link. Free Church (no longer extant). Both are from old
postcards courtesy of the Tony Larkin Collection. Probably the same building is the Longfield Bethel Free Church,
shown here more recently, and in a poor state. Another view. Both © Alan Taylor.
Longfield Hill, St. Mary Magdalene Mission
Church (Anglican). TQ 624 680. © Dave Westrap. Link
Loose, All Saints. Former Baptist
Church (now Loose Church Centre; thanks to Geoff Watt for advising its
current status). Both © Ann Gould. Baptist
Church. TQ 768
531. © Geoff Watt.
Lower Eythorne, St. Peter & St. Paul. TR 279
496. © Geoff Watt.
Lower Goldstone, the disused Mission Hall. At the time of the photograph it was still owned by the Church,
but rented out as storage. Can you advise if it still survives? © Alan K. Taylor (1990's).
Lower Halstow, St. Margaret of
Antioch. TQ 860675. Former chapel. Now used
as a workshop. TQ 855 673. Janet Gimber has advised the following history - it started as Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist, then became Bible Christian, and finished
as Lower Halstow Methodist Church. Both © Geoff Watt.
Lower Hardres, St. Mary. TR 152 532.
© Geoff Watt.
Lower Stoke, the Methodist Church is
the former Bible Christian Chapel, dating from 1889. TQ 830 760. © Geoff
Watt.
Luddenham, St. Mary (O) - in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. TQ 992 631. ©
Geoff Watt. Another view, and an interior view, both © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Link5.
Luddesdown.
Lullingstone, St. Botolph. TQ 529 644. © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3. Link4.
Lydd.
Lydden, St. Mary. TR 264 457. Apostolic Church - photographed in 1992. © Alan Taylor.
Lyminge, St. Mary and St. Ethelburga. TR 162 408. Methodist Church. TR 162
411. Both © Geoff Watt.
Lympne, St. Stephen. TR 119 346. © Dave
Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Lynsted, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ
942 608. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Maidstone.
Manston, St. Catherine. TR 347 661.
Methodist Church, formerly Wesleyan. TR 346 659. Both © Geoff Watt.
Maplescombe, the scant remains of a church (dedication unknown). TQ 562 636. © Dave Godden.
Link.
Marden, St. Michael and All Angels. TQ 7442
4465. © Ann Gould.
Link.
News article.
Grade I listed. A set of stocks in the churchyard is listed at
grade II. The former Providence Chapel (Strict Baptist)
on Goudhurst Road is dated 1891, and is now in residential use. This
source says it
was built as an Independent Chapel, the sermons later being on Strict Baptist
lines, though it was never officially a Strict Baptist chapel. TQ 7418 4463. © Geoff Watt.
Across the road is a
Congregational Chapel (2023 Streetview), which has a date-stone which says
(I think) Restored 1882. TQ 7415 4467.
Link. The
Vestry
Hall (2023 Streetview) on High Street stands on the site of a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dated
here (where
there is an old photo) to 1845. TQ 7449 4462. A converted
Primitive Methodist Chapel stands at Marden Beech, at TQ 7393 4324. It
was seen by Streetview
in 2023.
Link.
Margate.
Mark Beech (sometimes Markbeech), Holy
Trinity. TQ 4747 4277. © Derek West.
Link.
Grade II listed.
Matfield, St. Luke. TQ 654 408.
Link.
Ebenezer Chapel (Strict Baptist). TQ
651 419. Link. Both © Geoff Watt.
Meopham.
Mereworth, St. Lawrence. TQ
660 537. Another view, two interior views - 1,
2, the south aisle ceiling, the
East Window and the window above it, and the
tomb of Mary, Baroness Despencer (d. 1626) and her husband Sir Thomas Fane (d. 1589, and was originally buried at
Tudeley Church). All © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Midley, the one remaining wall of Midley Church. Another view. TR 030 232. Both ©
Dave Godden. Link1.
Link2.
Milstead, St. Mary's and the Holy Cross. TQ 903 588. © Geoff Watt.
Milton, Gravesend.
Milton-next-Sittingbourne, All Saints. TQ 918 659. © Geoff Watt.
Milton Regis, Holy Trinity. TQ
908 654. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Minnis Bay, St. Thomas. 179 TQ 291 694.
© Geoff Watt.
Minster (Sheppey).
Minster (Thanet).
Molash, St. Peter. TR 024 522. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Monkton, St. Mary Magdalene. TR 278
653.
Link. Methodist Church. TR
287 651. Both © Geoff Watt.
Murston, the remains of All Saints. TQ
922 648. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Nackington,
St. Mary. TR 156 546. © Geoff Watt.
Nettlestead, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 685 522. From an old postcard,
Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link.
New Hythe, Holy Trinity. TQ 704
592. © Geoff Watt. Link.
New Romney, St.
Nicholas. TR 065 247. Another view.
An old postcard view.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Romney Marsh Christian Fellowship, formerly the Baptist Church. TR 0636 248.
Methodist Church. TR 065 248.
Link. All photos © Dave Westrap.
Postcard from Dave Westrap's Collection. Some additional photos of the superb St. Nicholas, all © Steve Bulman (2009) -
exterior view and tower, interior view,
detail of a scalloped capital, and decoration on the arches, an armorial
(we liked the dogs!!), the wall between the tower and the body of the church has several Norman windows.
An old postcard showing an interior view of St. Nicholas, from John Bowdler's Collection.
Newchurch, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Another view. TR 054 313. Both ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Newenden, St. Peter. TQ 834 274. ©
Geoff Watt.
Link.
Newington, St. Mary TQ 863 654. From
an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view.
Methodist Church. TQ 869 648.
Both © Geoff Watt.
Nonington, St. Mary. TR 253 534.
Baptist Chapel. TR 259 531. Both ©
Geoff Watt.
Northbourne, St. Augustine. © Anne Nichols.
Northfleet.
Norton, St. Mary. TQ 968 611. © Geoff
Watt.
Oad Street, former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. TQ 869 622. © Geoff Watt.
Oare, St.
Peter. TR 007 633. © Geoff Watt.
Offham, St. Michael. TQ 660 581.
Methodist Church. TQ 655
574. Both © Geoff Watt.
Old
Brompton, Holy Trinity. Built in 1848, and demolished 1955. From an old
postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Old Romney, St. Clement. TR 035 252. © Dave Westrap. The following are all © Steve Bulman (2009) - another view,
box pews and gallery, altar, the
roof, also showing a (presumably Royal) Coat of Arms - which we found was a common feature in the local churches,
the font - the supporting columns have little carved cherubs? helping
to support the bowl, and a tombstone in the floor, also very typical of Romney Marsh churches. Derek
Jarman is buried here.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Old Wives Lees, Methodist Church. TR 069 552. © Geoff Watt.
Orlestone, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 000 347. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view. © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Orpington, the demolished Orpington Pentecostal Church (Assemblies of God) on Lower Road. © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Ospringe, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR
000 604. © Geoff Watt.
Otford, St. Bartholomew. TQ 528 593. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Otham, St. Nicholas. TQ 789 541. © Geoff
Watt. Link.
Oxneybottom (near Ringwould), the remains of St. Nicholas. Two further views - 1,
2. TR 355 468. All © Dave Godden.
Paddlesworth (near Snodland), the redundant St. Benedict. TQ 685 621. © Alan
K. Taylor (1992). Grade II* listed -
link.
Paddlesworth, St. Oswald. TR 196 398. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Link1.
Link2.
Paddock
Wood.
Painter's Forstal, Whitehill Chapel
(Anglican and Methodist). TQ 992 588. © Geoff Watt.
Parkwood, Maidstone - see Maidstone.
Patrixbourne, St. Mary. TR 189 558.
From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view. © Geoff Watt.
Two additional views - 1, 2. The chief glory of the church are the Norman
survivals - the priests doorway, and the spectacular south doorway. The
handsome wheel window, two interior views - 1,
2, a window, and the font. All ©
Steve Bulman (2014). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Pembury, St. Peter (the Upper Church). TQ 626 406. Link.
St. Peter (Old Church) is at TQ 626
429.
Baptist Church. TQ 629
416. All © Geoff Watt.
Penshurst, St.
John the Baptist. A close-up of the tower. Some interior views - 1,
2, 3, 4, and the
ceiling of the Sidney Chapel. TQ 527 438. All © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view, and an
old engraving, from Brett
Jeffery's Collection.
And another old postcard, this one from John Bowdler's Collection. Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Petham, All Saints. TR 130 512. Derelict
Primitive Methodist
Chapel, dating from 1863. Both © Geoff Watt. Two further views - 1, 2, both
dating from the 1980's, which presumably post-date Geoff's photo. Both © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Platt, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 623 570. © Dave
Westrap. Link.
Platt's Heath, Chapel. TQ 878 506.
© Geoff Watt.
Plaxtol, of unknown dedication. TQ 602 537. ©
Dave Westrap. A 1920's postcard view,
from Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link1. Link2. Link3.
Pluckley, St. Nicholas. © Bill McKenzie. Link.
Pluckley Thorne, former chapel
(now a private residence). TQ 914 444. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Wesleyan Methodist, and later "Pluckley Methodist Church".
Postling, St. Mary & St. Radigund. TR
145 391. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Preston Next Faversham, St. Catherine. TR 027 608. © Geoff Watt.
Preston next Wingham, St. Mildred. Three additional views - 1,
2, 3. Note the curious small blocked doorway in the latter photo. TR 243 604.
All © Steve Bulman (2014). Grade I listed.
Queenborough,
Holy Trinity. TQ 909 724. © Geoff Watt. An
old postcard view. courtesy of the
Tony Larkin Collection. Link. Former Congregational Chapel,
dated 1897. Now used (at least in part) by Age Concern. Thanks to Janet Gimber for the identification. TQ 912 723. © Geoff
Watt. Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. TQ 908 724. © Geoff Watt.
Rainham.
Ramsgate.
Reculver, St.
Mary, the remains of the old church demolished in 1809. TR 2276 6936. © Dave
Westrap. Another view, from a postcard dated 1927, from a sketch of 1800.
From an old postcard in Dave Westrap's Collection.
Another view, and a
plaque recording conservation efforts
in 1819, both © Peter Morgan (2017).
Link1.
Link2. Link3. Link4.
Rhodes Minnis, Methodist Church, dating
from 1888. TR 153 432. © Geoff Watt.
Ridley, St. Peter. TQ 616 639. © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Ringwould, St. Nicholas. TR 359 484.
© Geoff Watt.
Ripple, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 351
503. © Geoff Watt.
River (near Dover), St. Peter and St. Paul.
TR 290 435. Methodist Church. TR
293 434. Both © Geoff Watt.
Rochester.
Rodmersham, St. Nicholas. TQ 925
618. © Geoff Watt.
Rolvenden, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern
view. TQ 845 312. © Geoff Watt. A further photo has been in the
"Unknown" section for some time - this war memorial ceremony from
Ian Lewis's Collection was identified by Simon Davies.
Link.
Ruckinge, St. Mary Magdalene.
Another view. TR 0246
3354. Both © Dave Westrap. Two more views -
1, 2,
the porch, and a
doorway, all © Karel Kuča (2007).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist Church on Marsh Road,
which older maps label as Wesleyan. TR
0260 3360. © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Ruxley, the remains of St. Botolph,
or Ruxley Old Church. Deconsecrated in the 16th century, it was used as a barn
until recently, and Dave advises that it is currently being restored. Another view. TQ 485 702. © Dave Godden.
Link1. Link2.
Ryarsh, St. Martin. TQ 672 591.
Baptist Church (formerly Jireh Chapel).
TQ 669 601. Link. Both ©
Geoff Watt.
St. Laurence
(Thanet), St. Laurence. TR 369 653. Former Wesleyan Chapel, dating from 1897, now a nursery. TR 371
652. Both © Geoff Watt.
St. Margaret at Cliffe.
St. Mary Hoo, the former St. Mary, now a private residence. TQ 803 766. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
St. Mary in the Marsh, St. Mary the
Virgin. TR 064 279. © Dave Westrap. The following photos are all © Steve Bulman (2009) - interior view,
sedilia, a carved monk's head. The author
Edith Nesbit is buried here - a memorial plaque is in
the church. Link1.
Link2.
St. Mary's Bay, All Saints. TR
090 275. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
St. Michaels, St. Michael. TQ 884
354. Jireh Chapel (Strict Particular Baptist). TQ 887 349. Both © Geoff Watt.
St. Nicholas at
Wade, St.
Nicholas. TR 256 667. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Former Wesleyan Chapel, dating from
1822, now a private residence. TR 264 666. © Geoff Watt. Manor Hall Brethren hall (1994), © Alan K. Taylor (1994).
St. Peters in Thanet - see Broadstairs.
Sandhurst, Baptist Church. TQ
809 280. Chapel, built in 1904. Apparently still in use, Geoff saw little sign of activity. TQ 790 283. Both © Geoff Watt.
Sandhurst Cross, St. Nicholas. TQ
790 273. © Geoff Watt.
Sandwich.
Sarre, former Primitive Methodist Chapel on Old Road, now a private residence. © Alan Taylor.
Seal Chart, St. Lawrence.
Interior view. TQ 573 552. Both © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Seal, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ 550 570. © Geoff Watt.
An old postcard view (franked 1903), from
Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Sellindge, St. Mary the Virgin. TR
094 385.
Link. Methodist Church. TR
097 383. Both © Geoff Watt.
Selling, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 038
568. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Sevenoaks.
Sevenoaks Weald, Gospel Hall on Windmill Road, photographed in 1992. © Alan Taylor.
Methodist Church. TQ 526 506.
© Geoff Watt.
Sevington, St. Mary. TR 036 409.
From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view. © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Shadoxhurst, St. Peter and St. Paul. TQ
973 375. © Geoff Watt. Another view, the
interior, and an impressive
monument,
all © Gerard Charmley (2019). Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist Church
on Church Lane. TQ 973
377. © Gerard Charmley (2019).
Link.
Shalmsford Street, former chapel
(now derelict). Janet Gimber has advised that this was Primitive Methodist, later Methodist, and has been renovated since Geoff took his photo, and is now a
private residence. TR 094 548. Salvation Army Hall. TR 098 547. Both © Geoff Watt.
Sheerness.
Sheldwich, St. James. TR 011 568. ©
Geoff Watt. The following are all © Dave Westrap - two further views - 1, 2. The
Earls Sondes are buried
in this plot. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Shepherdswell, St. Andrew. TR
258 478. The former Wesleyan
Chapel. TR 261 478. Geoff says it looked unused. Both © Geoff Watt.
Shipbourne, St. Giles. Two further views - 1,
2, and three interior views - 1,
2, 3, plus a monument
by Rysbrack to Lord Barnard and his family, and the East Window dating from 1881, showing the Virgin Mary, the
Crucifixion, and St. John. The
current church was completed in 1881, and replaced an earlier one dating from 1722. TQ 591 523. All ©
Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Sholden, St. Nicholas. TR 359 522. ©
Geoff Watt.
Link.
Shoreham, St. Peter & St. Paul. The
porch. Previously in the "Unknown" section,
this is an excellent identification by Simon Davies. Both from old
postcards in Steve Bulman's Collection. Three modern views - 1, 2,
3, the porch, interior view and
altar, and the East Window, all © Dave Westrap (2010).
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Shorne.
Shottenden, the former Methodist
Church. Originally a Primitive Methodist Chapel (1875), it is now a private
residence. TR 043 541. © Dave Westrap.
Link.
Singleton, Methodist Church (stone laid in June 1962). TQ 986 421. © Geoff Watt.
Singlewell - see Gravesend,
the St. Margaret entry.
Sissinghurst, Trinity Church. © Bill
Henderson. Another view. TQ 795 375. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Former Chapel, now a private
residence. My appreciation to Janet Gimber for advising that it was Wesleyan Methodist. TQ 794 375. © Geoff Watt.
Sittingbourne.
Small Hythe, St. John the Baptist. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
A modern view. © Geoff Watt. TQ
893 302. Link.
Smarden, St. Michael the Archangel. TQ
8797 4230. © Bill McKenzie. Link.
Grade I listed.
Zion Baptist Chapel. TQ 8826 4241. © Bill McKenzie.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1841.
Tilden Strict Baptist Chapel, built
1726 and re-built 1892. TQ 8733 4116. © Geoff Watt.
Another view, and the
date-stone, both © Gerard
Charmley (2021).
Grade II listed.
Smeeth, St. Mary. TR 072 396. © Geoff
Watt.
Link.
Snargate, St.
Dunstan. TR 990 286. © Geoff Watt.
Another view. © Dave Westrap.
Link1. Link2.
Link3.
Link4.
Snave, St. Augustine. TR 014 299. © Dave
Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Snodland.
Sole Street, St. Mary's Church Room, now
the village hall. TQ 656 676. © Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
South Ashford, Christ Church (1867). TR 017 418. Link.
Evangelical Church. TR 016 415. Both
© Geoff Watt.
South Darenth, Southdowns Church. The
church originally had a small spire, with clock, the base of which can still be
seen above the porch. TQ 568 693. St.
George (R.C.). TQ 561 696. St. George's
statue.
Link1.
Link2.
All © Dave Westrap.
South Green, Methodist Church. TQ 851
602. © Geoff Watt.
Southborough, St. Thomas. From an old
drawing in Brett Jeffery's Collection.
Southfleet, St. Nicholas. © Dave Westrap. An old
postcard view, and an
interior view, both from the Tony Larkin Collection. TQ 614 711. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
U.R.C. TQ 615 711.
Link1.
Link2.
Speldhurst, St. Mary the Virgin. From
an old postcard (ca. 1910), Brett Jeffery's Collection.
Link.
Stalisfield Green, St. Mary. TQ
9673 5243. © Geoff Watt. Two more views -
1, 2, the
lych-gate, and three of the
interior 1,
2,
3, all © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Stansted, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 607 621. ©
Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Staple, St. James the Great. TR 269
567. © Geoff Watt. Link.
Staplehurst, All Saints. TQ
786 429. Link.
U.R.C., built in 1825 and enlarged in 1883. TQ 785 432. Providence
(Strict Baptist Chapel). TQ 787 432.
Free Church (formerly the village hall). Geoff advises (Aug 2007) that the congregation are now using the U.R.C.
and a local school, as their own church is to be demolished. They hope to re-build if and when funds allow. TQ 785 819. All © Geoff Watt.
Stelling Minnis, St. Mary. TR 142 507.
Former Wesleyan Chapel, dating from
1855, serves as a village hall and religious centre. TR 147 466. The former
Ebenezer Chapel (Primitive Methodist,
1866) is currently up for sale. TR 146 483. All © Geoff Watt.
Stockbury, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ
847 617. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Stodmarsh, St. Mary. TR 220 605.
From an old postcard in Dave Westrap's Collection. A
modern view. © Chalmers Cursley.
Link.
Stoke, St. Peter & St. Paul. TQ 823 750.
© Dave Westrap. An old postcard view,
from the Tony Larkin Collection. Link1.
Link2.
Stone.
Stone in Oxney, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 940 274.
Link. Strict Methodist Chapel.
TQ 940 282. Both © Geoff Watt.
Stowting, St. Mary.
Another view. TR 124 418. Both ©
Dave Westrap.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Strood.
Stubb's Cross, St. Francis of Assisi Mission Hall. TQ 986 391. © Geoff Watt.
Sturry, St. Nicholas. TR 176 601. ©
Geoff Watt.
Sundridge, St. Mary.
Another view. TQ 486 549. Both ©
Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Sutton at Hone, St. John the Baptist. TQ 553 706.
© Rosemarie. Another view. © Dave Westrap.
Link. Methodist Church. TQ 556 698. © Dave Westrap.
Bethesda Strict Baptist Church, on Main Road. © Alan Taylor.
Sutton Valence, Congregational Church. TQ 813 492. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection.
Sutton-by-Dover, St. Peter & St. Paul. TR 334 493. © Geoff Watt.
Swalecliffe, St. John the Baptist. TR 135 674.
Link. Free Church (Baptist).
TR 134 668., Both © Geoff Watt.
Swanley, St. Paul. TQ 529 697. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Full Gospel Church on Hockenden Lane. Another view. Both © Alan K. Taylor
(1980's).
Swanscombe.
Swingfield, the Old Templar Preceptory.
This old illustration comes (Colin thinks) from a Folkestone newspaper late in
Victoria's reign, reproduced from an earlier book. Whether it is an artist's
impression or an accurate reproduction is unknown. This
link describes it as a "Hospittaler parish church", so a Templar connection
is at least plausible. Illustration from Colin Waters' Collection. Janet Gimber
has confirmed that this is the
same building - St. John's Commandery. © Geoff Watt. Geoff quotes, "Medieval Chapel built by the Knights Hospitaller's
& later converted into a farmhouse". TR 232 440. The former
St. Peter (redundant). TR 233 434. © Geoff Watt.
Tankerton, Catholic Church of Our Lady Immaculate. TR 116 668.
Evangelical Church. TR 123.
Spiritualist Church of the Holy Spirit.
TR 122 669. All © Geoff Watt.
Temple
Ewell, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 285 443.
Baptist Church. TR 287 444. Both © Geoff
Watt.
Tenterden.
Teston, St. Peter & St. Paul. © Robin Pizzy.
An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Teynham, St. Mary. TQ 966 637.
Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan). TQ 951 624. Both © Geoff Watt.
Thanington, St. Nicholas. © Jim Rushton.
Link1.
Link2.
The Moor (near Hawkhurst), St. Laurence. TQ 752 304. © Geoff Watt. Another view. © Steve Bulman (2009).
Link.
Throwley, St. Michael and All Angels. TQ 992 557. © Geoff Watt.
Thurnham, St. Mary. © Robin Pizzy.
Link1.
Link2.
Tilmanstone, St. Andrew. TR 302
515. Link. Former
Wesleyan Chapel, now used as a
Village Hall. TR 304 511. Both © Geoff Watt.
Tonbridge.
Tonge, St. Giles. TQ 934 641. © Geoff Watt.
Tovil, the former St. Stephen. now demolished. Site is at TQ 753 546. From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's
Collection.
Link.
Trottiscliffe, St. Peter & St. Paul.
TQ 6463 6054. © Dave Westrap. An old postcard view (circa 1912).
Another view, and two of the
interior - 1,
2, all © Rob Blythe.
Here lies Graham Sutherland (Wikipedia
entry). His gravestone could
do with some TLC. © Ian Thirlwell (2021).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Tudeley, All Saints.
Interior view.
Stained glass window by Marc Chagall.
All © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Tunbridge Wells.
Tunstall, St. John the Baptist. TQ 896
619. © Geoff Watt.
Tyler Hill, St. Francis. TR 141 608.
Baptist Church. TR 120 610. Both ©
Geoff Watt.
Ulcombe, All
Saints. TQ 846 497. © Dave Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Underriver, St. Margaret. TQ 556 519. © Dave
Westrap. Link1. Link2.
Upchurch, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ 843
676. © Geoff Watt.
Upnor, St. Philip & St. James. TQ 757
709. © Dave Westrap. Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
up
Upper Hardres, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 153 507. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Waldershare, All Saints. TR 297 483. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Walmer.
Waltham, St. Bartholomew. TR 103 485.
Former chapel (now private
residence), which Janet Gimber advises was Wesleyan Methodist. TR 102 498. Both © Geoff Watt.
Warehorne, St. Matthew. TQ 989 325.
Link1.
Link2. The former Providence Chapel
Church, now a private residence. TQ 986 329.
Link. Both © Dave Westrap.
Wateringbury, St. John the Baptist.
TQ 685 737. Both © Geoff Watt.
West Cliffe, St. Peter. TR 348 448. ©
Geoff Watt.
West Farleigh, dedicated to All Saints. TQ
715 535. © Dave Westrap. Link.
West Kingsdown, St. Edmund King and
Martyr. TQ 579 634.
Link. Catholic Church of St.
Bernadette of Lourdes. TQ 581 627.
Link.
Baptist Church on Swan Street. TQ 580 626.
Link. All © Geoff Watt.
West Langdon, St. Mary. TR 317 473.
U.R.C. dating from 1863. TR 321 473.
Both © Geoff Watt.
West Malling, St. Mary
the Virgin, as seen by Streetview in 2023. TQ 6790 5754.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The listings for numerous churchyard tombs etc., can be
seen
here. St. Thomas More (R.C.).
TQ 687 578. © Geoff Watt. Baptist Church.
on Swan Street. It may not always have been a Baptist Church, as the
grade II listing for "Forecourt Wall to West Malling Free Church" seems to
be at the same position, and the description matches what can be seen. TQ 6823 5779. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
The Pilsdon at Malling Community
Chapel and interior. TQ
6814 5753. Both © Janet Gimber (2023).
Link.
West Peckham, St. Dunstan. TQ 664 526. © Dave
Westrap. Link1. Link2.
West Stourmouth, All Saints. TR
256 629. © Geoff Watt.
Westbere, All Saints. TR 192 611. ©
Geoff Watt. Link.
Westerham, St. Mary the Virgin. Three
interior views, 1,
2,
3. An old
postcard view, courtesy of Dave
Westrap, and another from Reg Dosell's Collection. 187 TQ 448 540. Link1.
Link2. Link3.
Evangelical Congregational Church. 187 TQ 444
540. Link. All © Dave Westrap.
Westgate on Sea, Christ Church. From an
old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. St. James (interior view), previously in the Unknown section, Michael Selwood found a loose
photo in a second hand book he'd bought. Church
interior are always difficult to identify, and Simon Davies is to be congratulated for this one! See
here for confirmation.
Westwell, St. Mary. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Whitfield, St. Peter. TR 311 459.
The U.R.C. dates from 1867. TR 301
460. Both © Geoff Watt.
Whitstable.
Wichling (alternatively Wychling), St. Margaret. ©
Bill McKenzie. Link.
Wickhambreaux, St. Andrew. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Former Wesleyan Chapel (1890), now a private residence. TR 219 586. © Geoff Watt.
Wigmore, St. Matthew (R.C.). TQ 802
643. © Geoff Watt.
Willesborough - see the
Ashford page.
Wilmington, St. Michael and All Angels. TQ 538 724. © Dave Westrap. An old
postcard view (from circa 1903).
Link1.
Link2.
Wilmington Christian Fellowship. TQ 525 719. © Dave Westrap.
Link. Alfan Lane Full Gospel Church. © Alan Taylor.
Wingham, St. Mary the Virgin. TR 242
575. © Geoff Watt.
Link.
Wittersham, St. John the Baptist. TQ 898 269. © Geoff Watt. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Former Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. TQ 896 267. © Geoff Watt.
Wolverton,
the remains of St. Radegund's Abbey. Note that its
grade II* listing says that it stands 250m S.E. of Bradsole, but I can't
find a place called that on any available O.S. maps. Wolverton is the nearest
settlement. TR 275 419.
Link1.
Link2. O.S.
maps mark St. Mary's Church (site of)
nearby, at TR 2707 4126. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Womenswold, St. Margaret of Antioch. TR 227 506. © Geoff Watt.
Woodchurch, All Saints. TQ 942 349.
From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. The former Mission Hall on Front Road. It was subsequently sold
for residential purposes. © Alan K. Taylor (1980's).
Woodlands, St. Mary the Virgin. TQ
564 607. © Geoff Watt.
Woodnesborough, St. Mary the
Blessed Virgin. TR 308 567. © Geoff Watt.
Link. The former Evangelical Free Church, which closed in
about 2003. © Alan K. Taylor (1992).
Woolage Green, former chapel, now
a private residence. TR 237 493. © Geoff Watt. Janet Gimber advises that this was Woolage Green Baptist Chapel, and appears to have been converted in the early
1990's.
Wootton, St. Martin. TR 224 465. ©
Geoff Watt. The former Mission Hall
on Denton Lane. Another view. These
photos were taken some years ago - the building has since been converted to
residential use. Both © Alan K. Taylor.
Wormshill, St. Giles. © Geoff Watt.
Worth, St. Peter and St. Paul. TR 336
561. Free Church. TR 329 565. Both © Geoff Watt.
Wouldham, All Saints. TQ 7126 6439. © Geoff Watt. An
old postcard image can be seen
here. Link.
Grade I listed.
Wrotham, St. George, its
interior and
altar. TQ 6119 5919. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). An old postcard view, from
Dave Westrap's Collection. Link1. Link2.
Grade I listed.
Wye.
Yalding,
St. Peter and St. Paul. The interior. TQ 6984 5007.
Both © Dave
Westrap (2010). Two more views - 1,
2, both © Karel Kuča (2011).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. The
Baptist Church on Vicarage Road.
It's dated on the church website
history page
to 1892. TQ 7010 5013. © Geoff Watt.
Yelsted,
the sad overgrown ruin of a former Methodist Chapel. Built as a Bible Christian
Church in 1822, it continued in use until the 1950's, when it fell into
disrepair. © Gardner Crawley.
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