HEADCORN, a parish in the hundred of EYHORNE,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 8 miles (S.E.
by S.) from Maidstone, containing 1191 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books
at £15. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury. The church, which is dedicated to St.
Peter and St. Paul, is principally in the later style of
English architecture. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. A fair is held on the 12th of
June. Headcorn is a decayed market-town, situated
on a branch of the river Medway.