COLDRED, a parish in the hundred of BEWSBOROUGH,
lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 5
miles (N.W. by N.) from Dovor, containing 125 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of
Sibbertswold, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at & 6. 2. 6. The
church, dedicated to St. Pancras, is surrounded by a
trench, enclosing about two acres, with an artificial
mount on the northern side, which tradition ascribes, to
Ceoldred, King of Mercia, from whom the parish is
named, who fought a battle near this spot,, in 69.4, with
Ina, King of the West Saxons; it is, however, probably
of Roman origin, various relics of that people having
been discovered on the site.