Ridley, Kent

Ridley
Parish church of Ridley, a small church without tower or steeple, situated in agricultural land, there being no nucleated village
Ridley is located in Kent
Ridley
Ridley
Location within Kent
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Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSevenoaks
Postcode districtTN15
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51°21′01″N 0°18′56″E / 51.350250°N 0.315530°E / 51.350250; 0.315530

Ridley is a place and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ash-cum-Ridley, in the Sevenoaks district, in the county of Kent, England. It lies between Sevenoaks and Chatham..

Ash and Ridley were formerly separate parishes. Both were part of Dartford Rural District and Axstane Hundred.

Ridley is situated upon chalk hills, much like that of neighbouring Hartley. The soil is chalky, light and much covered with flints. There is no village and the church stands in the southern part of Ridley, having the parsonage and a lodge nearby.[1] Ridley is 3½ miles SSW of Meopham (railway station) and 7 miles SSW of Gravesend. It has an area of 814 acres, within the bounds of the formerly separate parish.[2]

  1. ^ History and Topgraphical Survey of the County of Kent, by Edward Hasted, pub. Canterbury, 1797; Vol 2, pp. 458-462
  2. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, John Marius Wilson, 1870-72