WAREHORNE, a parish in the hundred of HAM,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 7 miles (S. by W.)
from Ashford, containing 493 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £19, and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. Matthew. The Grand Military canal from Hythe to
Rye passes through the parish, and the rivers Medway,
Rother, and Stour, have their sources here. Fairs
are held on May 14th, for toys j and October 2nd and
3rd, for cattle; the former on Ham-Street green, the
latter on Warehorne green.