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Rh Kemsley Down in this parish (long since demolished);" under "Milton neer Sittingborne." See also the Note on Estraites.

200. . Formerly a chapel to Teynham. (Hasted.) In (Val. Eccl.) called a Donative Perpetual. In (Clergy List) a vicarage.

201. .—Harris mentions effigies, which he styles marble, of several Maneys in this church; also that there was a chapel here called Welldish's, but he assigns no locality for it. See the Note on East Farleigh.

202. .—The manor and courtlodge with an estate belonged to the archdeaconry of Rochester; and Hasted adds in a note, "The courtlodge is situated adjoining to the west side of the churchyard. It is a strong antient building, with arched doors and windows of hewn stone."

203. .—Anciently reckoned but a chapelry to Maidstone, being so named in (Val. Eccl.) under the valuation of Maidstone College, together with Debtling.

204. .—This is by Hasted considered to be the place described in (D.B.) under the name of "Cildresham;" but I deem the matter very doubtful, and should rather apply that appellation to Sheldwich, which see.

205. .— On an altar tomb is the brass figure of a man in armour. (Harris.) Dode, now a part of this parish, was formerly a rectory. It appears to have been esteemed parochial about the twelfth century. See the latter part of the Note on Rochester. Dode church is alluded to under the title of "Dowdes Chapel" by Hasted, who adds in a note: "The ruins of the walls of this chapel are still visible in a field belonging to Buckland Farm in this parish," Ludsdown, "about a quarter of a mile from the house." (Hist. of Kent, I, 474 fol.) Recent information from records states this chapelry to have been annexed to that of Paddlesworth near Snodland, which see, 1 March, 1366. Ruins of the chapel are yet in existence.

206. . This manor is in (D.B.) divided into several holdings. Anciently there were two parishes of the same name, between which Hasted attempts a distinction, by calling the mother church Lullingstone, and the chapelry Lullingstane, but elsewhere confounds them. From an old document entitled "Ordinatio capellæ de Lullingston," and dated 8 Oct. 1412, it appears that all the inhabitants, save two and their families, had removed from the chapelry, wherefore Rich. Bp. of Rochester, with consent of the patrons, united it to the