Description
Nursted, a parish in Kent, half a mile N of Meopham station on the L.C. & D.R., and 4 miles S by W of Gravesend. Post town, Meopham, under Gravesend. Acreage, 521; population of the civil parish, 56; of the ecclesiastical, 302. The ecclesiastical parish includes Ifield and part of Northfleet. Nursted Court belongs to the Edmeades family, is a modernised ancient structure, and was originally a fine specimen of the domestic architecture of the early part of the 14th century. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; net value, £154 with residence. The church consists of nave, with porch and tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
