WILMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of AXTON-DARTFORD-and-WILMINGTON, lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 1 mile (S.) from Dartford, containing 653 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £6. 17. 6., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, occupies the summit of a hill near the high road, and has a handsome spire steeple. The great Earl of Warwick in the reign of Edward IV., resided at the manor-house in the village, which is remarkable for the beauty of its situation.