Kingsdown (hamlet)
Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 0°46′00″E / 51.3°N 0.766667°E / 51.3; 0.766667
| Kingsdown | |
|
|
|
| OS grid reference | TQ9057 |
|---|---|
| District | Swale |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sittingbourne |
| Postcode district | ME9 |
| Dialling code | 01795 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
|
|
Kingsdown is a small hamlet surrounded by the villages of Frinsted, Milstead, Doddington and Lynsted in Kent, England.
The hamlet is within the civil parish of Milstead and Kingsdown which spans the boundaries of the boroughs of Maidstone and Swale. The area around the hamlet includes the Torry Hill estate and forms part of the Barony of Kingsdown.
The hamlet was described by John Marius Wilson in his 1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a settlement of no more than 18 houses incorporating a population of 96.
Read more about Kingsdown (hamlet): Barony of Kingsdown, Torry Hill, Kingsdown Church