PETHAM, a parish in the hundred of BRIDGE-and-PETHAM,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT,
6 miles (S. S. W.) from Canterbury, containing 536
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with that of
Waltham annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £8. 0. 2.,
and in the alternate patronage of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and Sir J. C. Honywood, Bart. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is principally in the early
style of English architecture. The parish is bounded
on the east by the ancient Stane-street.