Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Gillingham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Gillingham, par., township, and local government dist., Kent, on river Medway, on NE. side and mostly in parl. bor. of Chatham -- par., 5016 ac., pop. 20,865; township, 4317 ac., pop. 20,644; dist. (partly also in Chatham par.), 4302 ac., pop. 20,745; P.O.; was the birthplacc of William Adams (1575-1621), discoverer of Japan.
A village in Chatham hundred, in the county of Kent.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
1st Manor
2nd Manor