In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chart Sutton like this:
CHART-NEXT-SUTTON-VALENCE, or Chart-sutton, a parish in Hollingbourne district, Kent; on the verge of the Weald, 4½ miles SSE of Maidstoue r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Chart-Corner, under Staplehurst. Acres, 2, 073. Real property, £4, 868. Pop., 693. Houses, 130. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, not reported.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church was much injured by lightning in 1775; but is now good, and has a fine spire.
Chart Sutton through time
Chart Sutton is now part of Maidstone district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maidstone has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chart Sutton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chart Sutton, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6429
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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