With updated links to other relevant pages The Hundreds of Wingham and Eastry from Hasted’s History of Kent. The old parish of Nonington was divided between the two hundreds.
Nonington in East Kent, the Old English origins of the name
I have previously proposed that the name Nonington, applicable to the settlement around the village church, had its origins due the location of the settlement on four aratra [sulungs or hides] of land “aet [at, by or next to] Oesewalum” owned jointly in the late 700’s and early 800’s by Aldberht, an earldorman, and Selethryth, […]
Oesewalum: a re-evaluation of its location as having been near Harrow in Middlesex and not in the old parish of Nonington in East Kent!
Long and careful consideration of information brought to light in recent research and a subsequent re-appraisal of existing documentary evidence has led me to conclude that an estate known as Oesewalum was not actually situated in what became the old parish of Nonington in East Kent, but was in fact located near Harrow in the […]
The Elizabethan Communion Cup and Cover of St. Mary’s Church in Nonington
I have recently had the good fortune to fine a top quality photographic postcard of the Elizabethan Nonington Church communion cup and cover which clearly shows the cup and cover in great detail. The postcard appears to date from the 1920’s or 1930’s and would have been sold in local Nonington shops. The following information […]
Anglo-Saxon cemetery sites around Nonington by Keith Parfitt of the Dover Archaeological Group
Published in Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 145, 2024, by The Kent Archaeological Society. Keith Parfitt of the Dover Archaeological Group Click on the picture above to read the article
