Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUDDENHAM

LUDDENHAM, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; adjacent to the North Kent railway and to the river Swale, 3 miles NW of Faversham r. station. Posttown, Faversham. Acres, 1,438; of which 115 are water. Real property, £3,158. Pop., 264. Houses, 51. Much of the land is reclaimed marsh. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £394. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English; and consists of nave and chancel, with a brick tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Luddenham AP/CP       Faversham RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Luddenham

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