In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Badlesmere like this:
BADLESMERE, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; 4½ miles S of Faversham r. station. It has a post office under Faversham. Acres, 778. Real property, £1,060. Pop., 133. Houses, 23. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged, in the times of Edward I. and Edward II., to the potent family of De Badlesmere; was forfeited by the attainder and execution of John Earl of Oxford and Baron Badlesmere; and passed into the possession of the family of Sondes, now represented by Lord Sondes. ...
A house of regular canons was founded in the 13th year of Edward II. by Bartholomew de Badlesmere. The living is a rectory, united to the rectory of Leaveland, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £323.* Patron, Lord Sondes. The church is a small, plain, Saxon structure in very good condition. A fair is held on 17 Nov.
Badlesmere through time
Badlesmere is now part of Swale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Badlesmere itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Badlesmere, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4413
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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