SUTTON-at-HONE, a parish in the hundred of
AXTON-DARTFORD-and-WILMINGTON, lathe of SUTTON
at HONE, county of KENT, 2 miles (S. by E.) from
Dartford, containing 863 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese, of Rochester,
rated in the king's books at £ 10, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, dedicated
to St. John the Baptist, is a spacious structure,
principally in the decorated style. This extensive parish
anciently gave name to the lathe; it is intersected
by the river Darent, on the banks of which is the
village, in a pleasing situation. Sutton Place, or St.
John's, is an ancient brick structure, formerly belonging
to the knights of St. John of Jerusalem, who had a
commandery here. Dr. Pitcairn, the eminent physician,
resided at Hextable, in this parish.