BREDHURST, a parish in the hundred of EYHORNE,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 4§ miles-(S.S.E.)
from Chatham, containing 134 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and in the patronage of the
Rector of Hollingbourn. The church, dedicated to St.
Peter, consists only of one aisle and a chancel, with a
tower, surmounted by a low spire: a small ruinous chapel,
formerly the burial-place of the family of Kemsley,
adjoins it. The ancient village is said to have stood
a short distance off, near a wood, where there are
several wells visible.