FRINDSBURY, a parish in the hundred of SHAMWELL, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 2 miles (N. byW.) from Rochester, containing 1562 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £10. 13.llf., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Rochester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, stands on a commanding eminence rising from the Medway, along the course of which river, and over the town of Rochester, the view from the church-yard is extremely fine. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish is bounded on the south and east by the Thames, and the Thames and Medway canal unites in it with the Medway, on the banks of which are several wharfs. Brickmaking is carried on to some extent, and chalk is found in the parish. Upnor castle, erected by Queen Elizabeth to defend the passage of the Medway, was for some time used as a powder magazine; it is surrounded by a moat, and consists of a central building, of an oblong form, connected with a round tower at each end.