Description
Sundridge, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 3 1/2 miles WSW of Sevenoaks, and 2 from Brasted station on the S.E.R. It gives the title of Baron to the Duke of Argyll. The parish contains Sevenoaks Workhouse, and includes most of Idehill chapelry. Acreage, 4141; population of the civil parish, 1737; of the ecclesiastical, 1007. The manor belongs to Earl Amherst. There are several good residences and a paper mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £500 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is mainly Later English, was nearly destroyed by fire in 1882, but has since been completely restored. The churchyard contains the tomb of Bishop Porteus.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
