Ruckinge, Kent

Historical Description

Ruckinge, a village and a parish in Kent The village stands on the brow of the high ground adjacent to the Military Canal, and overlooking Romney Marsh, 2 miles E of Ham Street station on the S.E.R., and 6 S by E of Ashford. It has a post office under Ashford; money order and telegraph office, Ham Street. Acreage of parish, 3448; population, 356. Part of it is under hops, part is excellent pasture, and much is under wood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is Early English, with Norman portions; it was restored in 1895. 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.

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

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 Ruckinge from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ruckinge (St. Mary Magdalene))

Maps

Online maps of Ruckinge 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.