FARLEIGH (WEST), a parish in the hundred of TWYFORD, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Maidstone, containing 364 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at A 6. 10. 5., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is principally in the early style of English architecture. This place, which rises gradually from the southern bank of the Medway, has been the residence of genteel families for centuries; the houses are prettily detached, and there are communications with the opposite side of the river by three bridges, viz., Barnjet, St. Helen's, and Teston.