In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Biddenden like this:
BIDDENDEN, a village and a parish in Tenterden district, Kent. The village stands 4 miles S of Headcorn r. station, and 5½ NE of Cranbrook; and has a post office under Staplehurst, and fairs on 6 April and 8 Nov. The parish comprises 7,208 acres. Real property, £6,933. Pop., 1,412. ...
Houses, 281. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward III., to Sir Walter Manney; and passed to the Hendens. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £436.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has features from early English to late perpendicular; and was restored in 1857. National schools have £20 a year from an old endowment; a curious charity, furnishing a distribution of stamped cakes to all comers on Easter Sunday, has £30; and other charities have above £70.
Biddenden through time
Biddenden is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Biddenden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Biddenden, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5372
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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