Ryarsh

Other current and historical names

Riesce

Built-Up Area: Ryarsh
Parish/Community: Ryarsh
District/Borough: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'48"N 0°23'40"E
Eastings/Northings: 566978, 159884
OS Grid: TQ669598
Mapcode Local: GBR NP4.QJG
Mapcode Global: VHJM4.S7FV

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

Ryarsh in historic gazetteers

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

Ryarsh, par. and vil., Kent, 6½ miles NW. of Maidstone, 1552 ac., pop. 552; P.O.

Ryarsh in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 5 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Ryarsh, Kent

Ryarsh is a village in Kent

Ryarsh in historic gazetteers

Ryarsh in the Domesday Book