Elham Deanery
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The Elham Deanery is in the Diocese of Canterbury
in Kent
, England
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Churches within the Deanery
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Churches within the Deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
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| Church Name | Location | Current Incumbent |
|---|---|---|
| St Martin | Acrise Acrise Acrise is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in Shepway District, Kent, England, about six miles north of Folkestone. The settlement derives its name from Old English, 'Acrise' being a development of the Old English term for "Oak Rise", the parish being on a small hill, still populated with old oak... |
The Revd Robert Grinsell |
| All Souls | Cheriton Street | The Revd Hilary Jones |
| St Martin | Cheriton Cheriton, Kent Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone in Kent that is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel. It is the location of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.- History :... |
The Revd Hilary Jones |
| St Mary Magdalene | Denton | Canon Jonathan Russell |
| St Mary the Virgin | Elham Elham Elham is a village in East Kent situated approximately south of Canterbury and north east of Folkestone in the Elham Valley.-Toponomy:The origin of the village's name has always been a matter of argument. The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alham. This may have derived from... |
Canon Jonathan Russell |
| Holy Trinity | Folkestone Folkestone Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its... |
The Revd Mark Hayton |
| St Augustine | Folkestone | The Revd David Adlington |
| St George | Folkestone | The Revd Mark Hayton |
| St John the Baptist | Folkestone | The Revd Anthony Buckley |
| St Mary & St Eanswyth | Folkestone | The Revd David Adlington |
| St Peter | Folkestone | The Revd Stephen Bould |
| St Saviour | Folkestone | Vacant |
| St Luke | Hawkinge Hawkinge Hawkinge is a village and civil parish in the Shepway District of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre ; the modern, much larger, village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill... |
The Revd Robert Grinsell |
| St Leonard | Hythe Hythe, Kent Hythe , is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway on the south coast of Kent. The word Hythe or Hithe is an Old English word meaning Haven or Landing Place.... |
Canon Brian Barnes |
| St Mary & St Ethelburga | Lyminge Lyminge Lyminge is a village in southeast Kent, England. It lies about five miles from Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel, on the road passing through the Elham Valley. The Nailbourne stream begins in the village and flows north through the Valley, to become one of the tributary streams of the Great Stour... |
The Revd Peter Ashman |
| St Nicholas | Newington Newington, Shepway Newington is a village in Kent, England one mile west-north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington-Shepway Parish Council, which has five councillors, and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough... |
The Revd Hilary Jones |
| St Oswald | Paddlesworth Paddlesworth Paddlesworth is a village located about 3 miles NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge.The Early Norman Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Oswald. It was built in the 11th century or earlier but underwent alteration in the 13th and restoration in the 19th century... |
The Revd Peter Ashman |
| St Mary | Postling Postling Postling village and civil parish is situated near the Roman road of Stone Street, about south of Canterbury, Kent, in South East England. Postlinges is the spelling used in the Domesday Book where it was part of the lands of Hugo de Montsort; Postlinge is also seen in old records. There is much... |
The Revd Peter Ashman |
| St Peter & St Paul | Saltwood Saltwood Saltwood is a village and civil parish in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Within the parish are two other settlements: Pedlinge and Sandling; both being small hamlets.-Geography:... |
The Revd Roger Martin |
| St Paul | Sandgate Sandgate, Kent Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Shepway district of Kent, England. In 2004, the village re-acquired civil parish status.... |
The Revd Mark Hayton |
| All Saints | Stanford Stanford, Kent Stanford is a village in Kent, England close to Ashford, and within the Parish of Stanford. It has been divided by the M20 into Stanford North and Stanford South. There is a windmill to the north of the M20 and west of Stone Street. The parish church is All Saints.-External links:*... |
The Revd Peter Ashman |
| St Martin | Wootton Wootton, Kent Wootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. Birthplace of Leonard Digges, inventor of the Telescope.It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group.... |
Canon Jonathan Russell |