Charing

Other current and historical names

Cheringes

Built-Up Area: Charing
Parish/Community: Charing
District/Borough: Ashford
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°12'38"N 0°47'40"E
Eastings/Northings: 595297, 149435
OS Grid: TQ952494
Mapcode Local: GBR RW0.3Q3
Mapcode Global: VHKK6.QTGR

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

Charing in historic gazetteers

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

Charing, par. and vil., E. Kent, 5½ miles NW. of Ashford, 4681 ac., pop. 1349; P.O., T.O. The vil. is situated at the intersection of the Maidstone and Canterbury roads. The ruins of the archiepiscopal palace are of great interest.

Charing in the Domesday Book

A village in Calehill hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £34 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 27 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 27 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 26 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½

British Place Names

Charing, Kent

Charing is a village in Kent

Charing in historic gazetteers

Charing in the Domesday Book