Horsemonden, Kent
Historical Description
Horsemonden, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near an affluent of the river Medway, 3 miles NE of Lamberhurst, and 4½ SE by S of Paddock Wood station on the S.E.B. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish includes also Ram's Hill, Caple Cross, and Sherenden. Acreage, 4605; population, 1542. The Grove-hurst family, long resident at Grovehurst, became extinct in the male line in the time of Richard II. Lewisheath manor belonged to Bayham Abbey. A handsome tower, erected in 1856 in honour of Sir Walter Scott, stands on an eminence. The parochial surface is part of the Weald, has an undulating contour, abounds in fine sylvan scenery, and has a very fertile soil, largely productive of hops and fruit. Bricks are made, and there are several large flour mills. There is an annual fair on 26 July. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £600 with residence. The church of All Saints, erected in 1870, is a red brick building in the Early English style. There are a Methodist chapel and a Plymouth Brethren meeting-house.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Horsemonden St. Margaret | |
| Hundred | Brenchley and Horsemonden | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | Tonbridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Horsemonden from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Horsemonden (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Horsemonden 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
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.