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Leysdown, Kent

Historical Description

Leysdown, a parish, with a village, in Kent, on the NE side of Sheppey Isle, 9 miles from Sheemess station on the L.C. & D.R. Post town, Sheemess; money order and telegraph office, Eastchurch. Acreage of the parish, 2179; population, 218. There are two coastguard stations. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Harty, in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £265 with residence. The present church was built in 1874 on the site of the old Norman building which fell in in 1734.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishLeysdown St. Clement 
LatheScray 
LibertyIsle of Sheppey 
Poor Law unionIsle of Sheppey 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Leysdown from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

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