Larkfield and Aylesford
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Larkfield and Aylesford or Larkfield is a hundred of Kent that forms part of the Lathe of Aylesford. It is bounded by Wrotham to the west; by Toltingtrough and Shamwell Hundred to the north; by Chatham and Gillingham (including the city of Rochester) to the north-east; by Maidstone to the east; and by Twyford and Littlefield to the south. It had a population of 62,875 in 2011. The 1831 census included Aylesford under Larkfield hundred, whereas the Ordnance Survey map of 1865 marked Aylesford as a hundred of itself separately from Larkfield.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Addington
- Aylesford
- Birling
- Burham
- Ditton
- East Malling
- Leybourne
- Offham
- Paddlesworth
- Rochester St Margaret (part)*
- Ryarsh
- Snodland
- Trottiscliffe
- West Malling
- Wouldham
*: Mostly in the city of Rochester (locally in Chatham and Gillingham hundred).