LYMINGE, a parish in the hundred of LONINGBOROUGH,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 4 miles
(N.) from Hythe, containing, with the extra-parochial
liberty of Lyminge, 718 inhabitants. The living comprises
a rectory and vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Archbishop of Canterbury; the rectory, a sinecure,
is rated in the king's books at £21. 10., and
the vicarage, with the curacies of Paddlesworth and
Stanford, at £ 10. 18. 9. The Rev. Ralph Price was
patron in 1811. The church is dedicated to St. Mary
and St. Eadburgh. In 1661, Timothy Bedingfield, devised
lands and tenements to trustees for the education
and maintenance of poor children belonging to
the parishes of Lyminge, Dymchurch, and Smeeth,
not receiving parochial relief; also to apprentice, or
assist them at the Universities, at the discretion of the
trustees: the annual income is £111. 10.: from five
to nine children have been annually clothed and educated;
one is apprenticed every year, and a fund is
reserved for such as may be sent to the University, or
otherwise require aid. In 1817, William Kingsford bequeathed
two rent-charges of £5 each for instructing
children of the parishes of Lyminge and Paddlesworth
in reading and the church catechism; the master receives
a salary of £ 10 per annum. The ancient Stanestreet
traces the western boundary of this parish.