MONGEHAM (GREAT), a village and a parish in Eastry district, Kent. The village stands 2 miles WSW of Deal r. station; takes its name, by corruption, from Monk-ham, signifying "Monks village;'' was, in the time of Henry III., a considerable market-town; retains, in its centre, a space called the market-place; and has a post office under Deal, and a fair on 29 Oct. The parish comprises 874 acres. Real property, £3,108. Pop, 349. Houses, 84. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to Saint Augustine's, Canterbury. Some remains exist of an ancient mansion of the Crayfords. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £469.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is mainly early English; has a lofty tower of later date, covered with ivy, and commanding an extensive view; was recently restored byButterfield; and contains interesting sedilia and piscina.

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