HARDRES (LOWER), a parish in the hundred of
BRIDGE-AND-PETHAM, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county
of KENT, 3 miles (S.) from Canterbury, containing 2W
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at
£7. 19. 9., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary.