Description
Smarden, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the river Beult, 3 miles from Pluckley and Headcorn stations on the S.E.R., and 9 from Ashford. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. There are many quaint old timbered houses in the village, which at one time had a considerable trade in linen and woollen goods, but this industry has quite died out. The parish comprises 5387 acres; population, 1070. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £360 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles. There are two Baptist chapels, a reading-room, and an endowed school.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
