Addington (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Malling, hundred of Larkfield, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 9 miles (NW. by W.) from Maidstone; containing 208 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 830 acres, of which 100 are woodland; and contains one of those land springs very common in the eastern part of Kent, called Ailbourn, which breaks out with great impetuosity once in seven or eight years, directing its course into a trench dug for its reception, till it arrives at Leybourn rivulet, the trout in which, at other times white, it turns to a red colour. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 6. 8.; net income, £160; patron, Hon. J. W. Stratford: the glebe consists of 26 acres. The church is pleasantly situated in the midst of foliage on rising ground within a valley, near which are remains, supposed to be Druidical.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
