Wrotham

OS Grid Reference: TQ6059
The 1841 population was 2,949

Administrative Units

Wrotham fell within the Hundred of Wrotham. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Malling.
Probate Jurisdiction was Shoreham to 1845, PCC 1846-57.

The ancient parish of Wrotham includes the settlements of Plaxtol and Borough Green, and also a detached portion known as Woodlands.

Churches and Chapels (pre-1910)

Church of England

  1. St George (Ancient Parish church) 
  2. Woodlands, St Mary 
  3. Plaxtol, [no dedication] 
  4. Platt, St Mary Longmill Lane.

Baptist

  • Baptist: chapel, Borough Green.  (1804).   Original registers from 1818.
West Kent map

© 2006 North West Kent Family History Society. Last updated 15 September 2006