EASTRY, a parish partly in the hundred of WINGHAM,
but chiefly in that of EASTRY, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE,
county of KENT, 2 miles (S. W. by S.)
from Sandwich, containing 1062 inhabitants. The living
is a vicarage with the -curacy of Worth, rated in
the king's books at £19. 12. ]., and in the peculiar ju-
risdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious
edifice. Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship
here. There is a trifling sum for the education of children.
A fair is held for cattle, pedlary, and toys, on
the 2nd of October. This village contains a spacious
handsome building, appropriated as a workhouse for this
and twelve other parishes.