SHELDWICK, a parish in the hundred of PAVERSHAM,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 2 miles (S. by
W.) from Faversham, containing 545 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at
£6. 16. 8, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter
of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. James,
is principally in the decorated style of English architecture.