RUCKINGE, a parish in the hundred of NEWCHURCH,
lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT, 6 miles
(S. by E.) from Ashford, containing 331 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Canterbury, rated in the lung's books at £14. 13. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is principally
in the early style of English architecture. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The-
Grand Military canal passes through the parish.