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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Luddesdown is a civil parish in the Gravesham district of Kent since 1974; previously it was part of Strood Rural District. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddesdown+ Luddesdown Wikipedia] The civil parish includes the hamlets of Great Buckland and Boughurst Street.<br> | Luddesdown is a civil parish in the Gravesham district of Kent since 1974; previously it was part of Strood Rural District. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddesdown+ Luddesdown Wikipedia] The civil parish includes the hamlets of Great Buckland and Boughurst Street.<br> | ||
Luddesdown St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish which includes Henley Street and Poundgate.<br> | Luddesdown St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish which includes Henley Street and Poundgate.<br> | ||
The church originated in the 13th century but was virtually rebuilt or recased in 1866 by R B Pope and has been designated as a grade II* listed building by English Heritage.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356789-parish-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-lu+ British listed building] | The church originated in the 13th century but was virtually rebuilt or recased in 1866 by R B Pope and has been designated as a grade II* listed building by English Heritage.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356789-parish-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-lu+ British listed building] | ||
See Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 367-374 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62866+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Luddesdowne+ Kent Churches website]<br> | |||
Luddesdown civil parish is a large rural area of the North Downs centred on Luddesdown Court and the associated church and includes the small Norman Chapel at Dode, which is now in the ecclesiastical parish of [[Snodland, Kent]] but was lost as a village to the Black Death in 1349. | Luddesdown civil parish is a large rural area of the North Downs centred on Luddesdown Court and the associated church and includes the small Norman Chapel at Dode, which is now in the ecclesiastical parish of [[Snodland, Kent]] but was lost as a village to the Black Death in 1349. | ||
See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ludd_plc.htm+ Luddesdown North West Kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ludd_c01.htm+ Luddesdown St Peter and St Paul]<br> | See [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ludd_plc.htm+ Luddesdown North West Kent Family History Society] and [http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ludd_c01.htm+ Luddesdown St Peter and St Paul]<br> | ||
The mission church of Leywood was within the parish and has registers from 1870. | The mission church of Leywood was within the parish and has registers from 1870. | ||