HAPLOW, a parish in the lowey of TONBRIDGE,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 3 miles (N. E.)
from Tonbridge, containing 1757 inhabitants. The living
is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester,
rated in the king's books at £ 13, and in the
patronage of the Rev. P. Monypenny. The church is a
low structure dedicated to St. Mary. There are places
of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. This
is an extensive parish, in which there are several hop
plantations and good pasture lands. It is crossed by
the river Sheet, which joins the navigable river Medway
a little above Brandt bridge. At Hurlake Bolt is -aflowing
bolt by which, in dry seasons, the meadows can
be.irrigated, this plan being found highly advantageous.
There is a fair on Whit-Monday.