In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ryarsh like this:
RYARSH, a village and a parish in Malling district. Kent. The village stands 2½ miles S W by W of Snodland r. station, and 6½ N W by W of Maidstone; and has a post-office under Maidstone. The parish includes alsopart of Aldon hamlet, and comprises 1, 551 acres. Real property, £3, 297. Pop., 447. Houses, 93. Part of the land is under hops. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £3o5.* Patron, the Hon. W. J. Stratford. The church is partly Norman, butmainly later English.
Ryarsh through time
Ryarsh 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 Ryarsh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ryarsh, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6336
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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