Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PECKHAM (East)

PECKHAM (East), a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Malling district, Kent. The village stands 1¾mile N W of Yalding r. station, and 5¾ N E by E of Tunbridge; is a straggling place; and has a post-office under Tunbridge. The parish comprises 3, 358 acres. Real property, £13,027. Pop. in 1851, 2, 254; in 1861, 2, 341. Houses, 466. The property is much subdivided. Roydon Hall was formerly the seat of the Twysdens, and is now the seat of W. Cook, Esq. There are a large seed-crushing mill and a large tannery. A section, with a pop. of 1, 918 in 1861, was constituted a parochial district, under the name of The Holy Trinity, in 1843. Both the head living and that of Trinity are vicaragesin the diocese of Canterbury. Value of the former, £750; * of the latter, £300.* Patrons of the former, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury; of the latter, the Vicar of East Peckham. The parochial church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, S aisle, chancel, and private chapel, with a tower. Trinity church was built in 1842; and is a neat edifice, with a bell-turret. There are chapels for Calvinists and Wesleyans, and a national school.—The sub-district contains alsofive other parishes. Acres, 12,007. Pop., 7, 554. Houses, 1, 438.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: East Peckham AP/CP       East Peckham SubD       Malling RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: EAST PECKHAM     |     PECKHAM     |     PECKHAM EAST
Place: East Peckham

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