BIRLING, a parish in the hundred of LARKFIELD, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 6f miles (N.W. byW.) from Maidstone, containing 459 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £6. 9. 4., and in the patronage of the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Foundations of buildings have frequently been discovered in a field near the church.