In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fawkham like this:
FAWKHAM, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; adjacent to the Mid Kent railway, 2¾ miles W of Meopham r. station, and 5½ SE of Dartford. It has a post office under Dartford. Acres, 1, 195. Real property, £1, 700. Pop., 233. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £252.* Patron, alternately P. Pusey, Esq. and T.Adams, Esq. The church is good.
Fawkham through time
Fawkham is now part of Sevenoaks district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sevenoaks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fawkham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fawkham, in Sevenoaks and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3388
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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