Pluckley

Other current and historical names

Pluchelei
Pluckley and Pevington

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°10'28"N 0°45'15"E
Eastings/Northings: 592638, 145328
OS Grid: TQ926453
Mapcode Local: GBR RWB.CJZ
Mapcode Global: VHKKD.1Q6V

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

Pluckley in historic gazetteers

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

Pluckley and Pevington, par. (ry. sta. Pluckley), Kent, 3094 ac., pop. 923; contains Pluckley, vil., 2 miles NE. of Pluckley sta., which is 5 miles NW. of Ashford Junction; P.O., T.O.

Pluckley 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: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 7 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 140 swine render

British Place Names

Pluckley, Kent

Pluckley is a village in Pluckley Thorne, Kent

Pluckley in historic gazetteers

Pluckley in the Domesday Book