chapels to the rectory" (of Otterden.) "The sites of the churches, and about three acres of glebe land to each are now held by the rector, as part of the appurtenances of this rectory." (Hasted.)
251. Oxney near Deal.—"Ecclia de Oxne et de Popyshall." (Val. Eccl.) In (A.D. 1291) Popeshall chapel is annexed to Coked, in which parish it stood, and which see. (Val. Eccl.) declares Oxne church to have belonged to the Canons of Langdon, wherefore both this and Langdon churches were probably suppressed at the same period. It is omitted in the (Clergy List.)—"The walls" of Oxney church "still remain; it has a roof, and is now made use of as a barn." (Hasted.) At the present day the roof has disappeared, and the building has become ruinous.
252. Paddlesworth.—A chapel to Liminge.—The church is described as having a round chancel arch, "with Saxon ornaments," and two very small round headed doors. (Hasted.) A priory here, belonging to the Abbey of Beaulieu in Normandy, by foundation of John de Pratellis, temp. K. John, was suppressed by K. Henry V. (Kilburne.)
253. Paddlesworth near Snodland.—This church has long been desecrated, but still remains perfect, except that the north porch has been removed, and a door opened in the south wall. The interior fittings, including the font, have been taken away, and the building is converted into a lumber-room, but it is in condition to be used again, if required. The style is E.E., with a beautiful chancel arch. It is stated to have been esteemed a chapelry to Birling. (Text. Roff.) The name appears in (Val. Eccl.), but not in the (Clergy List), as a rectory; which is still its designation, though held by a layman, together with Dowdes chapelry. Paddlesworth having no poor, it always unites with the parish of Snodland in a poor-rate, but constantly has its own separate church and highway rates, continuing in all respects a distinct parish. The last mention in the church records of Rochester of the induction of a rector is A.D. 1596. The chapel of Dowde or Dowdes, already noticed under Ludsdown, is averred to have been united to Paddlesworth, together with Pomphery Castle, 1 March, 1366.
254. Palestrei.—Now Palster Court, a manor farm in Wittersham. Hasted says that the manor extends into Ebeney; therefore the church may have stood in either parish. Kilburne however speaks of "Acton chancel, or more truly Palster
