Pluckley cum Pevington, Kent
Historical Description
Pluckley-cum-Pevington, a village and a parish in Kent. The village has a station on the S.E.R., 50 miles from London, and 6 W of Ashford. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. Acreage of parish, 3094; population, 898. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. It commands splendid views over the wealds of Kent and Sussex. There are brick and tile works in the parish. Surrenden Dering is the seat of Sir Edward Cholmley Dering, who is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £460 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church was built in the time of Henry II. by Richard de Pluckley; is Early English, with inserted Later English windows; comprises nave, aisles, and two chancels; and contains brasses and monuments of the Derings. St Mary's Church was built in 1882, and is a small brick edifice in the Early English style. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Pluckley St. Nicholas | |
| Hundred | Calehill | |
| Lathe | Shepway | |
| Poor Law union | West Ashford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Pluckley cum Pevington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pluckley (St. Nicholas))
Maps
Online maps of Pluckley cum Pevington 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.