SELLINGE, a parish in the hundred of STREET, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) from Hythe, containing 469 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 4. 5., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has an admixture of the various styles of English architecture. Five children are educated for £5 a year, bequeathed by Mr. Godfrey.