OTTERDEN, a parish partly in the hundred of
FAVERSHAM, lathe of SCRAY, but chiefly in the hundred
of EYHORNE, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT,
3 miles (N.) from Charing, containing 172 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £6. 14. 2.,
and in the patronage of W. G. Paxton, Esq. The church,
dedicated to St. Lawrence, was erected in 1753, near
the ruins of a more ancient edifice, which are still discernible.