HURST, a parish partly within the liberty of ROMNEY-MARSH,
but chiefly in the hundred of STREET,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 5 miles (W.) from
Hythe, containing 30 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £4. 18. 4. Miss Carter
was patroness in 1818. The church; dedicated to St.
Leonard, being in ruins, the inhabitants attend divine
worship at Aldington. The Grand Militarycanal passes
through the parish.