HASTINGLEIGH, a parish in the franchise and barony of BIRCHOLT, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 6 miles (E. by N.) from Ashford, containing 194 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £ 10.5., and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.