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Fordcombe, Kent

Historical Description

Fordcombe, a hamlet in Penshurst parish, Kent, situated on the Medway, 5 miles from Penshurst station on the L.B. & S.C.R. It has a post office of the name of Fordcombe Green, under Tunbridge Wells; money order and telegraph office, Langton Green. The church, in the Early English style, was erected in 1847 and enlarged in 1883. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £120. Patron, Lord De PIsle and Dudley. There are some large paper mills.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Fordcombe, St Peter: burials 1806-1922


Maps

Online maps of Fordcombe are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictSevenoaks
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN3
Post TownTunbridge Wells

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