Maidstone Hundred

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Maidstone Hundred, shown within the Lathe of Aylesford and Kent

Maidstone is a hundred of Kent that forms part of the Lathe of Aylesford. It is bounded by Larkfield and Aylesford to the north-west; by Chatham and Gillingham to the north; by Milton in the Lathe of Scray to the north-east; by Eyhorne to the east; by Marden in the Lathe of Scray to the south; and by Twyford to the south-west. It had a population of 97,256 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: Mostly in Twyford hundred.
: Mostly in Marden hundred, by also extends into Twyford.
: Part of Staplehurst around Duckhurst farm forms a detached part of Maidstone hundred.

Hundreds of Kent

Lathe of Saint Augustine: Bewsborough • Bleangate • Bridge and Petham • Cornilo • Downhamford • Eastry • Kinghamford • Preston • Ringslow • Westgate • Whitstable • Wingham • Lathe of Shepway: Aloesbridge • Bircholt Barony • Bircholt Franchise • Folkestone • Ham • Heane • Hythe • Longport • Loningborough • Newchurch • Oxney • St Martin's Longport • Stowting • Street • Worth • Lathe of Scray: Barkley • Blackborne • Boughton • Calehill • Chart and Longbridge • Cranbrook • Faversham • Felborough • Great Barnfield • Marden • Milton • Rolvenden • Selbrittenden • Sheppey • Tenterden • Teynham • Wye • Lathe of Aylesford: Brenchley and Horsmonden • Chatham and Gillingham • Eyhorne • Hoo • Larkfield and Aylesford • Littlefield • Maidstone • Shamwell • Toltingtrough • Tunbridge Lowey • Twyford • Washlingstone • West Barnfield • Wrotham • Lathe of Sutton at Hone: Axtane • Dartford and Wilmington • Blackheath • Bromley and Beckenham • Codsheath • Little and Lessnes • Ruxley • Somerden • Westerham and Edenbridge