In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pluckley like this:
PLUCKLEY, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands 1½ mile N of the Southeastern railway, and 6 W of Ashford; has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office under Ashford, and fairs on Whit-Tuesday and 4 Nov.; and commands splendid views over the wealds of Kent and Sussex. ...
The parish includes the quondam parish of Pevington, and comprises 3,047 acres. Real property, £4, 127. Pop., 777. Houses, 141. Surrenden-Dering is the seat of Sir E. Dering, Bart. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Pevington, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £708.* Patron, the Arch-bishop of Canterbury. The church was built, in the time of Henry II., by Richard de Pluckley; is early English, with inserted later English windows; comprises nave, aisles, and two chancels; was new-seated in 1853; and contains brasses and monuments of the Derings. There are a national school, and charities £17.
Pluckley through time
Pluckley is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pluckley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pluckley, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6316
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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