Luddesdown
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| Luddesdown | |
  Luddesdown shown within Kent |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Tonbridge and Malling |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gravesend |
| Postcode district | DA12 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Gravesham |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Luddesdown is a civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. This very rural parish, forming part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in a dry valley to the south of Gravesend and is named after a scattered group of houses and farms around Luddesdown Court and its church.
The civil parish also contained the hamlet of Great Buckland and Boughurst Street.[1]
Luddesdown is first recorded in 975 as Hludes duna (Hlud's hill, in 1186 it was Ludesdon and in 1610 Luddesdowne. It is pronounced Ludsdun. In 939 there was a mound near by called Hludes beorh- suggesting that Hlud was a prominent citizen.[2]
The church, originally belonging to the local manor, is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. It is connected with Cobham church to the north. The church school now operates as a village hall. The small Norman Chapel of Dode, now just inside Snodland parish, was associated with Luddesdown. Dode village was ravaged by the Black Death in 1349 and never recovered and has been erased from the map.[1]
Luddesdown was a parish in Strood Rural District.
The parish also contains a picturesque cricket club, with a very flat batting track, Luddesdown CC.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Brian Matthews, the History of Strood Rural District, 1971, Strood Rural District Council
- ^ The Place Names of Kent,Judith Glover,1976,Batsford. ISBN 0905270 614
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