Lidsing

Lidsing
The Harrow Pub, Lidsing
Lidsing Location within Kent
Civil parish	Boxley
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gillingham
Postcode district	ME7
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Faversham and Mid Kent
List of places UK England Kent 51°19′51″N0°33′48″E / 51.3309°N 0.5634°E / 51.3309; 0.5634

Lidsing is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Boxley, ^[1] in the Maidstone district, in the county of Kent, England. It is near the M2 motorway and south of Gillingham, adjacent to Bredhurst. In 1911 the parish had a population of 98. ^[2]

History

Previously a manor/estate called Lydesinge partially in the parishes of Chatham ^[3] and Gillingham, ^[4] including part of the area that is now Hempstead, the district was the site of a chapel of ease, St. Mary Magdalene's, from the 12th Century. The chapel was demolished in the 1880s. ^[5]

Lidsing was formerly a ville in Medway district, ^[6] from 1866 Lidsing was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 October 1913 the parish was abolished and merged with Gillingham. ^[7]

References

1. "BOXLEY PARISH COUNCIL" (PDF). www.maidstone.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
2. "Population Statistics Lidsing Vle/Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 18 February 2020.
3. "Parishes: Gillingham | British History Online".
4. "Medway Council Heritage Services catalogues | Details".
5. "LIDSING, ST. MARY MAGDALENE'S CHAPEL RECORDS". Medway Council Heritage Services. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
6. "History of Lidsing, in Medway and Kent". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
7. "Relationships and changes Lidsing Vle/Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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