BIDBOROUGH, a parish in the hundred of WASHLINGSTONE,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 3
miles (S.W.) from Tonbridge, containing 192 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's
books at £5. 4. 45., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Rev. W. Gay. The church, dedicated to
St. Lawrence, has a wide Norman doorway. There are
some chalybeate springs in the parish.