LEYSDOWN, a parish in the liberty of ISLE-of-SHEPPY,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 7 miles
(E. by S.) from Queenborough, containing 132 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's
books at £10. 10., and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St.
Clement, is a neat modern edifice, erected near the site
of a more ancient and spacious one, the ruins of which
are still visible.