Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIDLEY

RIDLEY, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; 3½ miles S S W of Meopham r. station, and 7 S S W of Graves-end. Post-town, Sevenoaks. Acres, 814. Rated property, £764. Pop., 101. Houses, 16. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £230.* Patron, W. Lambard, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There is a free school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ridley CP/AP       Dartford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Ridley

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