CHISLETT, a parish in the hundred of BLEANGATE,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 7 miles (N. E.)
from Canterbury, containing 1135 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £29. 19. 9.,
and in the patronage' of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early style
of English architecture. In 1811, the archbishop demised
certain lands, which let for £40 per annum, for
the education of children of the parish: the income is
applied to teaching twenty-seven boys and girls, and
in support of a Sunday school for sixty children.