Description
Coldred, a parish in Kent, 1 mile ESE of Shepherdswell station on the L.C. & D.R., and 5 miles NNW of Dover. Post town, Dover; money order and telegraph office, Siberts-wold. Acreage, 1552; population, 161. Ceolred, king of Mercia, is said to have fought a battle here in 715 with Ina. A Roman entrenchment, enclosing about 2 acres of land, encircles the church, and was found, at the cutting of a road through it, to have a well about 300 feet deep. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Sibertswold, in the diocese of Canterbury; joint net value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has been repaired, but beyond the bell-turret has no features of architectural interest.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
