OARE, a village and a parish in Faversham district, Kent. The village stands on a creek of the Swale, 1¾mile N by W of Faversham r station; and has a post-office under Faversham. The parish extends to the Swale; has a ferry over it, to the Isle of Harty; and comprises 686 acres. Real property, £1, 613. Pop., 217. Houses, 32. The manor and most of the property belong to G. Gosselin, Esq. There are a coast-guardstation, and oyster beds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £183.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English, of flint and stone; consists of nave and chancel, with wooden tower; and contains a very old square granitefont. There is a parochial school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))