LAWRENCE (ST.), a parish in the hundred of
RINGSLOW, or ISLE of THANET, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE,
county of KENT, half of a mile (W.) from Ramsgate,
containing 1601 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in
the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Pegwell bay, on the south
of this parish, abounds with a delicious fish called Prill.