WATERINGBURY, a village and a parish in Malling district, Kent. The village stands near the Paddock-Wood and Maidstone railway, 5 miles WSW of Maidstone; and has a post-office‡ under Maidstone, and a r. station with telegraph. The parish includes Lillyhoo hamlet, and comprises 1,420 acres. Real property, £7,965. Pop., 1,370. Houses, 266. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Styleses; and, with W. Place, belongs now to S. L. Lucas, Esq. There are orchards, hop-gardens, and two extensive breweries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £820.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is mainly later English, with an early English tower; and was restored in 1824 and 1856. There are a national school, and charities £5.

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