ALDINGTON, a parish partly in the liberty of
ROMNEY-MARSH, but chiefly in the franchise and barony
of BIRCHOLT, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT,
5 miles (W. by N.) from Hythe, containing 735 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy
of Smeeth annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in
the king's books at £38. 6. 8. The church, dedicated
to St. Martin, displays the early style of English architecture
in its general structure 5 but, among later additions,
there is a finely ornamented window of five
lights.