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Addington is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Dartford. The church is named for St. Margaret of Antioch with registers commencing 1562. Addington, a parish in Malling district, Kent; 3-3/4 miles west-south-west of Snodland rail station, and 7 miles west-north-west of Maidstone. It has a post office under Maidstone. Acres, 942. Real property in 1860, £1,662. Population in 1861, 262. Houses, 46. The property is somewhat divided. Two ancient stone circles occur in the grounds of Addington Park; and seem to have had connexion with other neighbouring Druidical monuments. A nailbourne spring in the parish breaks out at intervals of seven or eight years, and sends off its waters to the Leyborne rivulet. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £253 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Hon. J. W. Stratford. The church was built about 1402, is in good condition, contains two brasses, and stands on a finely picturesque wooded eminence. Charities, £20.1
1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). More information about Addington can be found on the Addington Parish Council website and on the Addington page maintained by the Northwest Kent Family History Society.1 1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). |
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