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Lidsing is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Boxley, [1] in the Maidstone district, in the county of Kent, England. It is near the M2 motorway and south of Gillingham, adjacent to Bredhurst. In 1911 the parish had a population of 98.[2]

History

Previously a manor/estate called Lydesinge partially in the parishes of Chatham[3] and Gillingham,[4] including part of the area that is now Hempstead, the district was the site of a chapel of ease, St. Mary Magdalene's, from the 12th Century. The chapel was demolished in the 1880s.[5]

Lidsing was formerly a ville in Medway district,[6] from 1866 Lidsing was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 October 1913 the parish was abolished and merged with Gillingham.[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/131616/R1953-Boxley-Parish-Council.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Population Statistics Lidsing Vle/Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Parishes: Gillingham | British History Online".
  4. ^ "Medway Council Heritage Services catalogues | Details".
  5. ^ "LIDSING, ST. MARY MAGDALENE'S CHAPEL RECORDS". Medway Council Heritage Services. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. ^ "History of Lidsing, in Medway and Kent". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Lidsing Vle/Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  • Philip's Navigator Britain (page 92)


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