Barham Court has been recognised by historians as the birthplace of the British evangelical slavery abolitionist movement.

On one wall of the church, under a window, is a memorial tablet to a former vicar, the Rev James Ramsay; he was the Rector of Teston and Nettlestead from 1781 until he died in July 1789.

[6] James Ramsay had served as a surgeon under Middleton aboard HMS Arundel in the West Indies but later took holy orders and served on the Caribbean island of St Christopher (now St Kitts), where he observed first-hand the treatment of slaves.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, Thomas Martin began making cricket balls in a workshop above the post office.

The workers at the Reader factory formed their own trade union - The Teston Independent Society of Cricket Ball Makers, to represent their interests, it was the smallest trade unions in the country, and was only de-listed in March 2006.

The River Medway at Teston Bridge is 5.41m above mean sea level, and 7.31m upstream of the weir and lock.

[9][10] At Teston Bridge there is a country park on a 12 hectare meadow, with public day ticket fishing.