Brabourne Church Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin The Street, Brabourne, Kent TN25 5LR » View on Map Ecclesiastical records confirm that a church at Bradeburna already existed by 1070 when Lanfranc became Archbishop of Canterbury. The church was rebuilt Read More …
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Hythe Church
Hythe Church Church of St Leonard Oak Walk, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DP » View on Map The oldest extant parts of the church are the north transept, originally a Saxon chapel dating from c1000, and the Norman nave, which dates Read More …
Canterbury Church
Canterbury Church Church of St Martin St Martin’s Hill, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1QJ » View on Map St Martin’s is the oldest church in the English-speaking world that has remained in continuous use since it was built. Read More …
Fordwich Church
Fordwich Church Church of St Mary the Virgin The Drove, Fordwich, Kent CT2 0DB » View on Map At the eastern end of the nave of St Mary’s there are ‘long and short’ quoins of Quarr stone, from the Isle Read More …
Paddlesworth Church
Paddlesworth Church Church of St Oswald Upper Arpinge, Paddlesworth, Kent CT18 8AD » View on Map St Oswalds at Paddlesworth is a small two cell Norman church dating from the late 11th or early 12th century. There are north and Read More …
Capel-le-Ferne Church
Capel-le-Ferne Church Church of St Mary Manor House Lane, Capel-le-Ferne, Folkestone, Kent CT18 7EX » View on Map The parish church of St Mary, Caple-le-Ferne dates from the 12th century, but was made redundant in 1986 and vested in the Read More …
Barfreston Church
Barfreston Church Church of St Nicholas Barfreston Road, Barfreston, Kent CT15 7JQ » View on Map The Norman church of St Nicholas at Barfreston dates from c1180. It is one of the most important examples of late 12th century church Read More …
West Stourmouth Church
West Stourmouth Church Church of All Saints Church Lane, West Stourmouth, Kent CT3 1HT » View on Map All Saints is a redundant Grade I listed building now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is set near Read More …
Smeeth Church
Smeeth Church Church of St Mary the Virgin Church Road, Smeeth, Kent TN25 6SA » View on Map The nave, chancel, and lower parts of the tower, at St Mary’s are Norman, probably late 11th century. The tower was sympathetically restored Read More …
Godmersham Church
Godmersham Church Church of St Laurence Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Kent CT4 7DR » View on Map The Parish Church of St Laurence the Martyr at Godmersham is of Saxon origin, but is variously dated to the 10th or early to Read More …