PLUCKLEY, a parish in the hundred of CALEHILL,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 3 miles (S. W.) from
Charing, containing, with Pevington, 663 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, with that of Pevington united,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in
the king's books at £20. 1. 5., and in the patronage
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. A fair is held on Whit-Tuesday,
for toys, and another on December 6th, for cattle
and hogs, which are brought in great numbers, the
prices they bear here generally regulating those at the
neighbouring markets. A school is supported by voluntary
subscriptions.