Place:


Ditton  Kent

 

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

DITTON, a parish in Malling district, Kent; near the river Medway, 1¾ mile SSW of Aylesford r. station, and 3½ NW of Maidstone. Post town, Aylesford, under Maidstone. Acres, 1, 075. Real property, £2, 378. Pop., 255. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £298. Patron the Earl of Aylesford. The church is decorated English; and has been carefully restored.

Ditton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2064

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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