| Kingsdown | |
|---|---|
 St Catherine's Church | |
  Kingsdown Location within Kent | |
| OS grid reference | TQ9057 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sittingbourne |
| Postcode district | ME9 |
| Dialling code | 01795 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Kingsdown is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lynsted with Kingsdown, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It is surrounded by the villages of Frinsted, Milstead, Doddington and Lynsted. In 1961 the parish had a population of 54.[1] On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Milstead & Kingsdown".[2]
The village was described by John Marius Wilson in his 1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a settlement of no more than 18 houses incorporating a population of 96.[3]
- ^ "Population statistics Kingsdown AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Swale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Kingsdown's entry at John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72)
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