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West Farleigh, Kent

Historical Description

Farleigh, West, a parish in Kent, on the river Medway,. U mile WSW of East Farleigh station on the S.E.R., and 3½ miles SW of Maidstone. It has a post and telegraph office under Maidstone; money order office, East Farleigh. Acreage,, 1107; population, 438. West Farleigh Hall is the seat of Sir William Fitzherbert, Bart. Much of the land is occupied in fine hop grounds and fruit gardens. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £292 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Eochester. The church is Early Norman, and contains monuments of the Toteshams, the Lawrences, and others. The churchyard has some remarkably fine yew trees.

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 parishWest Farleigh All Saints 
HundredTwyford 
LatheAylesford 
Poor Law unionMaidstone 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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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.

DistrictMaidstone
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtME15
Post TownMaidstone

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