In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plaxtol like this:
PLAXTOL, a village and a chapelry in Wrotham parish, Kent. The village stands 5½ miles E S E of Seven-oaks r. station, and has a post-office under Sevenoaks. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Real property, £5, 354 Pop., 1, 144. Houses, 216. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £480.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The churchdates from 1649.
Plaxtol through time
Plaxtol is now part of Tonbridge and Malling district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tonbridge and Malling has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plaxtol itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plaxtol, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22743
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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