In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Luddesdown like this:
LUDDESDOWN, a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent; 1½ mile SE of Sole-Street r. station, and 5½ WSW of Rochester. It contains the hamlets of Poundgate and Henley-Street; and its Post town is Gravesend. Acres, 1,983. Real property, £2,187. Pop., 279. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor belonged formerly to the Montacutes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £400.* Patron, J. A. Wigan, Esq. The church was mainly rebuilt, partly repaired, in 1866; is partly in the early English style, partly later English; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower. There are a free school and 4 acres of church land.
Luddesdown through time
Luddesdown is now part of Gravesham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Gravesham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Luddesdown itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Luddesdown, in Gravesham and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6265
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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