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| Luddenham | |
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  Luddenham Location within Kent | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Faversham |
| Postcode district | ME13 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Luddenham is a widespread hamlet or small village north-west of Faversham in Kent, England, with many long-distance views across the Swale and the Isle of Sheppey. It is on the edge of Luddenham Marshes and is also home of Luddenham School. [1] Oare Gunpowder Works are on the edge of the village. [2] It had, according to Edward Hasted in 1798, 396 acres of low flat arable land and 200 acres of meadow and pasture, although half of those are marsh. [3] It is in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone.
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It was once called Cildresham, at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086. [3]
The Manor of Cildresham belonged to Odo, Earl of Kent, (as the Bishop of Bayeux) and was noted so in the Domesday Book . After Odo's trial for fraud, the manor then passed to the Fulbert de Dover (of Chilham) who helped the King defend Dover Castle. [3]
Then William de Luddenham became owner the Manor of Luddenham in 1212 and during the reign of Henry III, it passed to Sir Roger de Northwood. [3]
It has the Grade I listed Church of St Mary, [4] beside the Grade II listed Luddenham Court (built in the 15th century). [5]
Also within the scattered hamlet, is the Nash estate [3] which includes the grade II listed Nash's Farmhouse. [6]
It used to have one of the most remote public houses in the area, The Mounted Rifleman, which closed in the early 1990s. [7]
