IWADE, a parish in the hundred of MILTON, lathe
of SCRAY, county of KENT, 2 miles (N. by W.) from
Milton, containing, with Chetney Hill, 145 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, endowed with £ 200 private
benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, has a low steeple. The parish
is bounded on the north-west by Stangate creek, and on
the north-eastern side is King's ferry, on the way to the
Isle of Sheppy; this ferry is crossed by means of a cable
one hundred and forty fathoms long, made fast from
shore to shore, which enables the ferrymen to pull the
boat over by hand. The public works at Chetney Hill
are in an incomplete state, having been neglected for
several years past. There are vestiges of ancient military
earthworks on Swaines-down, a name evidently
of Danish origin.