Lydden, Kent, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

== Parish History  ==

LYDDEN (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Dover, hundred of Bewsborough, lathe of St. Augustine, E division of the county of Kent, 5 miles NW from Dover.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51125#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 194-198. Date accessed: 26 August 2013. </ref>  

Lydden is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydden Lydden Wikipedia]. Nearby at Wootton is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydden_Race_Circuit Lydden Race Circuit] which was birthplace of the sport of Rallycross.

Lydden St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Canterbury and forms part of the Temple Ewell with Lydden benefice.

The church of St Mary, Church Lane, Lydden has been designated as a grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-178614-church-of-st-mary-lydden British listed building]

See Edward Hasted, ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 8 (1799), pp. 127-132 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63468 at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Lydden Kent Churches website]