HARTY (ISLE-of), a parish in the hundred of FAVERSHAM,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 9 miles (S.B.
by E.) from (Jueenborough, containing 45 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £20. 6. 0.,
endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £600 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of S. E. Sawbridge, Esq.
The church, dedicated to St. Thomas the Apostle, is a
small edifice, comprising a body, chancel, and two side
chantries, with a pointed western turret. The isle
consists of rich pasture land, on which numerous flocks
of sheep are fed. There is no village, only a few small
cottages, in which the overseers of different estates
reside. The East Swale is navigable on the south side
of the parish, which is bounded on the west by Cable
creek, and on the east by Muswell creek.