Place:


Ridley  Kent

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ridley like this:

RIDLEY, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; 3½ miles S S W of Meopham r. station, and 7 S S W of Graves-end. Post-town, Sevenoaks. Acres, 814. Rated property, £764. Pop., 101. Houses, 16. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £230.* Patron, W. Lambard, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There is a free school.

Ridley through time

Ridley is now part of Sevenoaks district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sevenoaks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ridley itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ridley, in Sevenoaks and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6326

Date accessed: 06th November 2024


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