In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Farleigh like this:
FARLEIGH (East), a village and a parish in Maidstone district, Kent. The village stands on the river Medway, adjacent to the Maidstone branch of the Mid Kent railway, 2 miles SW of Maidstone; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Maidstone. The parish comprises 2, 023 acres. ...
Real property, £7, 138. Pop., 1, 559. Houses, 311. The manor belonged at Domesday to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and belongs now to the Crown. Hops, of prime quality, are extensively grown. A quondam hop-grower here, called James Ellis, began life in a humble way, and left such a wealth of hop-farms at his death, that the poles alone were said to be worth £70, 000. A picturesque ancient bridge, with ribbed arches, here spans the Medway. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £1, 000.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has some traces of Norman, but is chiefly late decorated English; and has a handsome spire. There stand within the parish Union Workhouse schools.
East Farleigh through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Farleigh, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2068
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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