In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Larkfield like this:
LARKFIELD, a hamlet and a hundred in Kent. The hamlet is in West Malling parish; lies 4 miles NW of Maidstone; and has a post-office under Maidstone.—The hundred is in the lath-e of Aylesford; and contains the two Malling parishes, and twelve other parishes. Acres, 22,017. Pop. in 1851,7,212. Houses, 1,33 4.
Larkfield through time
Larkfield is now part of Tonbridge and Malling district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tonbridge and Malling has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Larkfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Larkfield, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20975
Date accessed: 06th October 2024
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