In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Smarden like this:
SMARDEN, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands on the river Beult, 3 miles ESE of Headcorn r. station, and 6 E by S of Staplehurst; was once a market-town; and has a post-office‡ under Staplehurst, and a fair on 11th Oct. The parish comprises 5,380 acres. ...
Real property, £5,006. Pop., 1,130. Houses, 214. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £615.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is commodious. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £41 a year, and charities £19.
Smarden through time
Smarden is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smarden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smarden, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6396
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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