SOUTHFEET, (Kent) so called to distinguish it from Northfleet, is 2 m. S. of Gravesend. 'Twas anciently given to the
priory of Rochester, and by K. Hen. VIII. settled on the cathedral. Q. Eliz. granted it to Sir Will. Petre's son, and it
is now the seat of Sir Charles Sidley, whose ancestor, Sir John, founded a fr. sc. here, in 1697. He purchased the manor
of ald. Garret, of London, who bought it of Mr. Petre. In the R. of Edward I. here was a Fair, of which the prior of
Rochester claimed the benefit.