History of Ash and Ridley
from Earliest Records to 1957
Compiled by Dorothy G. Meager on
behalf of Ash and Ridley Women's Institute
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Nearest towns: - Gravesend, Dartford, Sevenoaks
Population: -
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Ash
Ridley
Ash
Ridley
Ash
Ridley
Ash
Ridley
Ash-cum-Ridley
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Census 1801
Census 1801
Census 1921
Census 1921
Census 1931
Census 1931
Census 1951
Census 1951
estimated
30th June 1955
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427
47
600}
73}
705}
63}
1,017
70
890
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No. of houses
83
8
60
188
206
17
277
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Note: - 1801 is the earliest census taken in this country
and therefore not very
reliable according to expert knowledge
Area:
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Ash-cum-Ridley
3,467 acres
Rateable value: Ash-cum-Ridley
1957
£9,052
Rates:
-
Ash-cum-Ridley
1957
17s 10d in £
Electoral Division KCC: -
Dartford Rural East member Mr William Simmons, Billet
Hill, Ash
Dartford Rural District Council: -
Member Mr Fred Goodwin, White House, Ash
Parliamentary Division: -
Dartford, Socialist member Mr S Irving, 52 Tudor Close,
Dartford
Parish Councillors: -
Mr H G
Brooks
Mr F Goodwin Mr A R Lucas
Mr G
McCarthy
Mrs D C Meager Mr W Simmons
Mr W C R Stoneham Mr A Storer
Rev J D Vigo
Parish Councils were set up by the Local Government Act of 1894, that is the year
of the separation of Church and State in the Parish.
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