In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wormshill like this:
WORMSHILL, a parish in Hollingbourn district, Kent; 5 miles S by W of Sittingbourne r. station. It has a post-office under Sittingbourne. Acres, 1,467. Real property, £1,295. Pop., 253. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £260.* Patron, Christ's Hospital, London. The church is plain. Charities, £12.
Wormshill through time
Wormshill is now part of Maidstone district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maidstone has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wormshill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wormshill, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6500
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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