SWALECLIFFE, a parish in the hundred of BLEANGATE, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 65 miles (N.) from Canterbury, containing 143 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £11. 9. 4-., and in the patronage of Earl Cowper. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.