Snodland, Kent

Description
Snodland, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the river Medway, with a station on the S.E.R., 37 miles from London, and 5 1/4 SSW of Rochester. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish contains also the hamlets of Paddlesworth, Holborough, and Rookery. Acreage, 1845; population of the civil parish, 3188; of the ecclesiastical, 3164. Holborough Court is the chief residence. A hill above Holborough was anciently fortified, and commands an extensive view. A tessellated pavement and other Roman remains were discovered near the river in 1869. There are some extensive lime and cement works in the neighbourhood, also a large paper mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; gross value, £400 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church contains portions from Early English to Perpendicular, includes Roman bricks and tiles in its walls, and has been well restored. There are Congregational and Methodist chapels, a handsome Swedenborgian church, erected in 1882, a working-men's institute, and a temperance hall.