EYTHORN, a parish in the hundred of EASTRY,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 6 miles
(N. N. W.) from Dovor, containing 390 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with the curacy of Sutton, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in
the king's books at £15. 12. 6., and in the patronage
of the Earl of Guildford and T. Papillon, Esq., alternately.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St.
Paul, has portions in the later English style. There is
a place of worship for Baptists. A fair for toys and
pedlary is held on Midsummer-day. At the southern
extremity of this parish is a Roman intrenchment, and
near Eythorn Court Wood a large barrow or tumulus.