Waldershare is a village near
Dover in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. In 1086, the village was in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
of
Eastry
Eastry is a civil parish in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".
The name is derived from the Old English ''Ēast- rige'', meaning "eastern province" (c.f. '' Sūþ-rige'' "southern provinc ...
in the ancient
Lathe of Eastry.
[Open Domesday: Waldershare]
Accessed May 2020. By 1295 the ancient lathe had been merged into the
Lathe of St. Augustine
The Lathe of St Augustine is an historic division of the county of Kent, England, encompassing the present-day Districts of Canterbury, Dover and Thanet The Lathes of Kent were ancient administration divisions originating, probably, in the 6 ...
. In the 18th century, the noble family of Waldershare were lords of a manor in the parish of Shebbertswell.
[Hasted, Edward]
"Parishes: Shebbertswell."
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9. Canterbury: W Bristow, 1800. 375-384. British History Online. Retrieved 29 March 2018 The population of the village is included in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Shepherdswell with Coldred
Shepherdswell with Coldred is a civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The parish contains the villages of Shepherdswell and Coldred, apart, and the hamlet of Coxhill just south-west of Shepherdswell.
Shepherdswell with Coldred is ...
.
See also
*
All Saints Church, Waldershare
References
External links
Villages in Kent
Dover District
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