THANINGTON, a parish in the hundred of WESTGATE,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, l
mile (S. W. by W.) from Canterbury, containing, with
the hamlet of Milton, 374 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Canterbury, endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage, of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is dedicated
to St.'Nicholas. The ancient road, called Stane-street,
passes through the parish.