Downhamford

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Downhamford Hundred, shown within the Lathe of St Augustine and Kent

Downhamford is a hundred of Kent that forms part of the Lathe of St Augustine. It is bounded by Bleangate to the north; by Preston and Wingham to the east; by Kinghamford to the south; by Bridge and Petham to the south-west; and by Westgate to the west. It had a population of 4,018 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: Detached parts; mostly in Bridge and Petham.
: A very small part of Littlebourne extends into the city of Canterbury (locally in Westgate hundred).
: Extends into Wingham 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