Ridley

Other current and historical names

Retleia
Pettings

Parish/Community: Ash-cum-Ridley
District/Borough: Sevenoaks
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'6"N 0°19'16"E
Eastings/Northings: 561731, 163986
OS Grid: TQ617639
Mapcode Local: GBR Z1.MMY
Mapcode Global: VHHPG.J84Z

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

Ridley in historic gazetteers

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

Ridley, par., Kent, 7 miles SW. of Gravesend, 834 ac.,pop. 65.

Ridley in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Adam son of Hubert (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre
- Woodland: 1 pig pasture

British Place Names

Ridley, Kent

Ridley is a hamlet in Kent

Ridley in historic gazetteers

Ridley in the Domesday Book