Kingsdown, Swale
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Kingsdown is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lynsted with Kingsdown, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It is surrounded by the villages of Frinsted, Milstead, Doddington and Lynsted. In 1961 the parish had a population of 54.[1] On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Milstead & Kingsdown".[2]
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Kingsdown | |
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St Catherine's Church | |
Location within Kent | |
OS grid reference | TQ9057 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Sittingbourne |
Postcode district | ME9 |
Dialling code | 01795 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
51.300°N 0.767°E / 51.300; 0.767 |
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The village was described by John Marius Wilson in his 1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a settlement of no more than 18 houses incorporating a population of 96.[3]