Sundridge, Kent

Historical Description

Sundridge, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 3½ miles WSW of Sevenoaks, and 2 from Brasted station on the S.E.R. It gives the title of Baron to the Duke of Argyll. The parish contains Sevenoaks Workhouse, and includes most of Idehill chapelry. Acreage, 4141; population of the civil parish, 1737; of the ecclesiastical, 1007. The manor belongs to Earl Amherst. There are several good residences and a paper mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £500 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is mainly Later English, was nearly destroyed by fire in 1882, but has since been completely restored. The churchyard contains the tomb of Bishop Porteus.

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 Sundridge from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Sundridge 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.