KINGSDOWN, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; 3 miles SE of Eynesford r. station, and 7½ SSE of Dartford. It contains the chapelry of Maplescombe, the manor of Woodland, and the hamlet of Portobello; and its post town is Farningham, under Dartford. Acres, 2, 780. Real property, £2, 738. Pop., 428. Houses, 88. About 80 acres are under hops. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Maplescombe, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, .£382. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church comprises nave and chancel, with a porch; and has some fragments of stained glass, of the 14th century.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))