Addington, Kent

Historical Description

Addington, a parish in Kent, 2 miles from Mailing station on the L.C. & D.R., and 7 WNW of Maidstone. It has a post office under Maidstone; money order and telegraph office, West Mailing. Acreage, 1119; population of the civil parish, 273; of the ecclesiastical, 236. Two ancient stone circles occur in the grounds of Addington Park, and seem to have had connection with other neighbouring Druidical monuments. A nailbourne spring in the parish breaks out at intervals of seven or eight years, and sends off its waters to the Leyborne rivulet. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £230. The church is ancient and is in good condition. It contains several brasses, and stands on a finely picturesque wooded eminence. It was restored in 1856, and an organ was erected by subscription in 1883.

Administration

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

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

Church Records

The register of baptisms dates from March 3rd, 1562; burials, 30th November, 1563; marriages, 9th May, 1568.

Findmypast have the following online for Addington, St Margaret: baptisms 1562-1922, marriages 1568-1939, burials 1563-1992

Churches

Church of England

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Addington from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Addington (St. Margaret))

Maps

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

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Villages, Hamlets, &c

Visitations Heraldic

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