STANDFORD, a parish in the hundred of STOUTING,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 3 miles (N,
W.) from Hythe, containing 229 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Lyminge,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. The ancient Standstreet
passes through the village. A trifling bequest
from the Rev. Dr. Lynch, in 1789, is applied for the
education of two poor children.