Ridley, Kent

Last updated

Ridley
Ridley Church - geograph.org.uk - 326803.jpg
Parish church of Ridley, a small church without tower or steeple, situated in agricultural land, there being no nucleated village
Kent UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Ridley
Location within Kent
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sevenoaks
Postcode district TN15
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°21′01″N0°18′56″E / 51.350250°N 0.315530°E / 51.350250; 0.315530

Ridley is a place and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ash-cum-Ridley, in the Sevenoaks district, in the county of Kent, England. It lies between Sevenoaks and Chatham..

Contents

Ash and Ridley were formerly separate parishes. Both were part of Dartford Rural District and Axstane Hundred.

Ridley is situated upon chalk hills, much like that of neighbouring Hartley. The soil is chalky, light and much covered with flints. There is no village and the church stands in the southern part of Ridley, having the parsonage and a lodge nearby. [1] Ridley is 3½ miles SSW of Meopham (railway station) and 7 miles SSW of Gravesend. It has an area of 814 acres, within the bounds of the formerly separate parish. [2]

History

Parish of Ridley, 1920 (parish boundaries shown as black dotted lines) Ridley, Kent Map 1920.jpg
Parish of Ridley, 1920 (parish boundaries shown as black dotted lines)

Ridley is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Redlege and is also recorded elsewhere as Redlegh. The parish consisted of a single manor and a court leet and court baron were held for this manor, the court lodge (Ridley Court) being near the church. [1]

In the 19th century the population of Ridley rose from 47 in 1801 to maximum of 101 in 1861, but then declined to 73 by 1921. [3] In 1951 it had a population of 70. [4] Between 1849 and 1880 there was a Church School at Ridley. [5]

Even after parish councils were established in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, Ridley continued to be governed by its Parish Meeting. [6]

The parish was united with Ash on 1 April 1955, as part of a general revision of boundaries for parishes within Dartford Rural District. [7]

Local government

Hodsoll Street, New Ash Green, Ash and Ridley are the four wards of Ash-cum-Ridley parish council. [5] Hodsoll Street was previously part of Ash parish [8]

Church

Ridley is within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rochester. The church, which stands in the southern part of the parish, is dedicated to St. Peter. It is very small (seating appx 48 in pews additionally there are two choir pews in the chancel), having only one aisle and a chancel, but without either tower or steeple. As can be seen in the picture it has a Belfry which houses a single calling bell.

In the chancel before the altar, is a memorial for John Lambe, dec. 24 April 1740, above a chevron between three holy lambs, with stave and banners. [1]

Notable people

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bexley</span> Human settlement in England

Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located 13 miles (21 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross and south of Bexleyheath.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sevenoaks District</span> Non-metropolitan district in England

Sevenoaks is a local government district in west Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swanscombe</span> Human settlement in England

Swanscombe /ˈswɒnzkəm/ is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swanley</span> Human settlement in England

Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The population at the 2011 census was 16,226.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Kingsdown</span> Human settlement in England

West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England, on the A20 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Swanley, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Sevenoaks and 22.5 miles (36.2 km) from London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Longfield</span> Village in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England

Longfield is a village in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 6 miles south east of Dartford and the same distance south-west of Gravesend.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hartley, Sevenoaks</span> Human settlement in England

Hartley is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is located 7 miles (11 km) south west of Gravesend and the same distance south east of Dartford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)</span>

Sevenoaks is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Laura Trott, a Conservative.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency since 1885

Dartford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gareth Johnson of the Conservative Party. It is currently the longest-valid 'bellwether' constituency in the country as the party of the winning candidate has gone on to form the government at every UK general election since 1964. Candidates for the largest two parties nationally have polled first and second since 1923 in Dartford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brasted</span> Human settlement in England

Brasted is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Brasted lies on the A25 road, between Sundridge and Westerham; the road is named Westerham Road, High Street and Main Road as it passes through the village east to west. Brasted is 6 km west of Sevenoaks town. The parish had a population of 1321 and includes the hamlets of Brasted Chart, Toys Hill and Puddledock. The village of Brasted has a number of 18th-century houses with several antique shops, pubs and residences. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.

Ash-cum-Ridley is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 7,070, reducing to 6,641 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fawkham</span> Human settlement in England

Fawkham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Fawkham is defined as a hamlet by Sevenoaks District Council, with a population of 429. Fawkham is a low density, linear settlement along the bottom of a dry chalk valley some 3 mi (5 km) in length, with secondary lanes intersecting. There is no discernible village centre, although clusters of buildings occur near the Church/junction with Castle Hill, and around the village green and public house at the junction with Fawkham Green Road. There are around 220 houses.

Dartford Rural District was a rural district with an area of 34,037 acres (138 km2) in the county of Kent, England. In 1971 it had a population of 64,561 and an electorate of 43,911. At dissolution it was the most populous rural district council in Kent, but had once been larger, having lost territory when Crayford Urban District was created in 1920, and Swanscombe Urban District in 1926.

New Barn is a village in Kent, England. It is a compact residential area surrounded by open fields which lies four miles southwest of Gravesend. It is in the local government district of Dartford. The villages of New Barn and Longfield are within and give their names to the civil parish of Longfield and New Barn. New Barn is larger in population than Longfield, although has little in the way of services, being a recent development and purely residential in nature

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sutton-at-Hone</span> Human settlement in England

Sutton-at-Hone is a village in the civil parish of Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 3.5 miles south of Dartford & 3.6 miles north east of Swanley.

Ash is a small village and former civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district in Kent. It shares the parish of Ash-cum-Ridley with the nearby village of Ridley. The London Golf Club is located in the village, which hosted the European Open on the PGA European Tour in 2008 and 2009. In 1951 the parish had a population of 1017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Axstane Hundred</span>

Axstane was a hundred in the county of Kent, England. The Hundred of Axstane lay south-east of Dartford and Wilmington Hundred. It is called Achestan in Domesday Book, but by the reign of Edward I it was called Axstane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lathe of Sutton at Hone</span>

The Latheof Sutton-at-Hone historically included a large part of Kent: the present-day boroughs of Dartford, Bexley, Greenwich, Bromley, Lewisham, Sevenoaks District and small parts of the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling and Borough of Tunbridge Wells.

References

  1. 1 2 3 History and Topgraphical Survey of the County of Kent, by Edward Hasted, pub. Canterbury, 1797; Vol 2, pp. 458-462
  2. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, John Marius Wilson, 1870-72
  3. ↑ Victoria County History, Kent, page 367
  4. ↑ Census of Population, 1951, County Report, Kent, table 3
  5. 1 2 Official web site of Ash-cum-Ridley parish council http://www.ash-cum-ridleypc.kentparishes.gov.uk/ retrieved July 2014
  6. ↑ See for example The London Gazette, Issue 34112, Page 7968. The London Gazette is the official journal of the UK government, available from www.thegazette.co.uk
  7. ↑ LGBO No. 4833. The County of Kent (Dartford Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1955
  8. ↑ See maps at Official web site of Ash-cum-Ridley parish council http://www.ash-cum-ridleypc.kentparishes.gov.uk/ retrieved July 2014
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.