Westgate Hundred

Westgate is a hundred of Kent that forms part of the Lathe of St Augustine. It is bounded by Boughton in the Lathe of Scray to the west; by Whitstable to the north; by Bleangate to the north-east; by Downhamford to the east; by Bridge and Petham to the south-east; and by Felborough in the Lathe of Scray to the south-west. Including the city of Canterbury it had a population of 56,075 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

Canterbury Holy Cross, St Augustine, St Dunstan, St Gregory, St Mary Magdalen, St Mary Bredin, St Mary Northgate, St Martin, St Mildred, St Paul
Chartham (part)^*
Dunkirk (ex. par.)
Hackington
Harbledown St Michael & St Nicholas
The Mint (ex. par.)
Milton
Seasalter (part)^†
Thanington
Westbere (part)^‡
Whitstable (part)^†

^*: Mostly in Felborough.
^†: Small parts along the coast; mostly in Whitstable hundred.
^‡: Detached part; mostly in Bleangate.

Hundreds of Kent

Lathe of Saint Augustine: Bewsborough • Bleangate • Bridge and Petham • Cornilo • Downhamford • Eastry • Kinghamford • Preston • Ringslow • Westgate • Whitstable • Wingham • Lathe of Shepway: Aloesbridge • Bircholt Barony • Bircholt Franchise • Folkestone • Ham • Heane • Hythe • Longport • Loningborough • Newchurch • Oxney • St Martin's Longport • Stowting • Street • Worth • Lathe of Scray: Barkley • Blackborne • Boughton • Calehill • Chart and Longbridge • Cranbrook • Faversham • Felborough • Great Barnfield • Marden • Milton • Rolvenden • Selbrittenden • Sheppey • Tenterden • Teynham • Wye • Lathe of Aylesford: Brenchley and Horsmonden • Chatham and Gillingham • Eyhorne • Hoo • Larkfield and Aylesford • Littlefield • Maidstone • Shamwell • Toltingtrough • Tunbridge Lowey • Twyford • Washlingstone • West Barnfield • Wrotham • Lathe of Sutton at Hone: Axtane • Dartford and Wilmington • Blackheath • Bromley and Beckenham • Codsheath • Little and Lessnes • Ruxley • Somerden • Westerham and Edenbridge

Westgate Hundred

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