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Sutton-Valence in Kent County England History and GeographySUTTON-VALENCE, a parish in the hundred of EYHORNE, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 4½ miles (S.E. by S.) from Maidstone, containing 1058 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of East Sutton annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 9. 7., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome structure in the later English style, with the remains of a lofty spire, injured by lightning: it has lately received an addition of three hundred sittings, of which two hundred and eighty are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. There is a place of worship for Independents. The village, called Town Sutton, is situated below the ridge of hills bounding the Weald, and was anciently distinguished for a strong castle, of which part of the keep still remains: it is a highly picturesque ruin, being overgrown with ivy, and having branches of trees sprouting from its walls. A free grammar school, founded here pursuant to letters patent of the 18th of Elizabeth, by which the master and four wardens of the Clothworkers' Company were constituted governors, is endowed with a rent-charge of £30, by William Lambe and John Franklin, in support of a master and an usher; another of £5, bequeathed in 1713, by George Maplisden, for the usher; and with £200, the gift of Francis Robins, in 1721, to found two exhibitions, of £10 a year each, in St. John's College, Cambridge; Mr. Lambe also left £4 per annum for a visitation, and the master occupies a house rent-free. Thirty boys receive an English education, and instruction in the classics when required. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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