ELMLEY (ISLE-OF), a parish in the liberty of Isle-of-SHEPPY,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT,
3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Queenborough, containing 23
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's
books at £5, and in the patronage of the Warden and
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford. The church, dedicated
to St. James, is dilapidated, and only used on the
induction of a new rector. This small island, adjoining
that of Sheppy, is in length about three miles, and in
breadth two, a small tract on the northern side being
within the bounds of the parish of East Church. It has
a ferry across the Swale to Milton, and consists principally
of rich pastures, affording herbage for numerous
flocks of sheep.