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DITTON, a parish in Malling district, Kent; near the river Medway, 1¾ mile SSW of Aylesford r. station, and 3½ NW of Maidstone. Post town, Aylesford, under Maidstone. Acres, 1, 075. Real property, £2, 378. Pop., 255. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £298. Patron the Earl of Aylesford. The church is decorated English; and has been carefully restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ditton Parish Malling Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Ditton |
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