HAWKINGE, a parish in the hundred of FOLKESTONE,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 2 miles
(N.) from Folkestone, containing 132 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at
£7. 7., 10., endowed with £400 private benefaction, and
£400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury. The church is dedicated to St.
Michael.