Wateringbury, Kent

Description
Wateringbury, a village and a parish in Kent. The village has a station on the S.E.R., 40 miles from London, and 5 WSW of Maidstone, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Maidstone. Acreage of the civil parish, 1376; population, 1324; of the ecclesiastical, 1347. The manor belongs to the Dowager Viscountess Falmouth. Wateringbury Place and Gracedieu are the chief residences. There are orchards, hop gardens, and two extensive breweries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £650 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is mainly Later English, with an Early English tower, contains memorials of the Style and Leney families, and was restored in 1884 and 1886.