ULCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of EYHORNE,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 7 miles (S. E.
by E.) from Maidstone, containing 668 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £16. 5. 10.,
and in the patronage of the Hon. C. B. Clarke. The
church, dedicated to All Saints, is principally in the
later style of English architecture; it was formerly
collegiate, for an archpresbyter, two canons, a deacon,
and one clerk. The parish lies partly in the Wealdj
and is intersected by several small streams, which empty
themselves into the Medway.