Description
Ruckinge, a village and a parish in Kent The village stands on the brow of the high ground adjacent to the Military Canal, and overlooking Romney Marsh, 2 miles E of Ham Street station on the S.E.R., and 6 S by E of Ashford. It has a post office under Ashford; money order and telegraph office, Ham Street. Acreage of parish, 3448; population, 356. Part of it is under hops, part is excellent pasture, and much is under wood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is Early English, with Norman portions; it was restored in 1895. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
