Ringlestone
Ringlestone | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Maidstone | |
Postcode district | ME17 | |
Dialling code | 01622 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Ringlestone
Ringlestone or Rongostone (meaning "ring of stones") dates back to before the
At the time of the Domesday Survey, the hamlet was smaller than it is today and yet was still deemed worthy of recording as noted by Edward Hasted in his 18th century survey of Kent:
On the summit of the hill, at the south-east boundaries of this parish, next to Harrietsham, is a small hamlet, consisting of only three houses, belonging to farms of but small rents, which, however insignificant it may seem now, seems antiently to have been of some account, having been thought of sufficient consequence to be entered in the survey of Domesday, under the title of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, as follows: Richard holds of the bishop Rongostone, it was taxed at one suling. The arable land is . . . . . There are two
Today the hamlet is a collection of cottages and a
References
- ^ Ringlestone's entry in the Domesday Book at the National Archives
- ^ From: Addenda and corrigenda to volume 5, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (1798), pp. 556-570 by Edward Hasted. Date accessed: 25 November 2007.
- ^ Website of the Ringlestone Farmhouse Hotel