Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HADLOW

HADLOW, a village and a parish in Tunbridge district, Kent. The village stands on an affluent of the Medway, 1½ mile N of the Medway navigation, and 4 NE of Tunbridge r. station; and has a post office‡ under Tunbridge, and a fair on Whit Monday. The parish comprises 5, 856 acres. Real property, £16, 920. Pop., in 1851, 2, 395; in 1861, 2, 568. Houses, 502. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to R. Rodger, Esq. A church and two mills were here at Domesday. A castle also was erected, soon afterwards, by the Fitz Gilberts; and a modern edifice, in the pointed monastic style, bearing the name of Hadlow Castle, and now the seat of R. Rodger, Esq., occupies the site of the ancient castle, presents an imposing appearance, and has a tower 170 feet high, designed after the manner of Fonthill, richly decorated, and commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. There are hop grounds, brick fields, and breweries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £789.* Patron, the Rev. J. J. Monypenny. The church was attached to the preceptory of Hospitallers in West Peckham; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a monument to Sir John Rivers, of the time of James I. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £22.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hadlow CP/AP       Tonbridge RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Hadlow

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