Chart-Next-Sutton-Valence, or Chart-Sutton, a parish in Hollingbourne district, Kent; on the verge of the Weald, 4 ½ miles SSE of Maidstone r. station. It has a post-office, of the name 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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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