Chalk

Other current and historical names

Celca

Built-Up Area: Gravesend
Parish/Community: Gravesham, unparished area
District/Borough: Gravesham
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°25'53"N 0°24'9"E
Eastings/Northings: 567122, 173034
OS Grid: TQ671730
Mapcode Local: GBR NMT.0NS
Mapcode Global: VHJLK.X8ST

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Chalk within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Chalk in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chalk, par., NW. Kent, on river Thames, 2½ miles SE. of Gravesend, 1971 ac. (14 water) and 271 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 341.

Chalk in the Domesday Book

A village in Shamwell hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Dudemann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Adam son of Hubert (subinfeudated); King William (subinfeudated); Bishop Odo of Bayeux; Ranulf Peverel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £10 6/12 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Chalk, Kent

Chalk is a suburban area in Gravesend, Kent

Chalk in historic gazetteers

Chalk in the Domesday Book