EAST-CHURCH, a parish in the liberty of ISLE-of-SHEPPEY,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 5 miles
(E. by S.) from Queenborough, containing 705 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at
£13. 6. 8., and in the patronage of Miles Barton, Esq.
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a spacious
and handsome embattled edifice, formerly belonging to
the convent of Boxley. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. East-Church takes its name
from being situated to the east of the parish of Minster.
There is a free school, with a small endowment: a fair
for toys is held on Holy-Thursday. Many petrified
fossils, supposed to be antediluvian, have been found
upon the sea-shore.