a village of England, county of Kent, 33 miles from Maidstone, and 32 from London. It stands at the base of a hill on the right bank of the Medway, which is here crossed by a stone bridge of six arches. The church stands on an eminence behind the village. At a short distance to the W. was a Carmelite friary, founded in 1240, the remains of which now form a part of the family mansion of the Earl of Aylesford. The vicinity exhibits several remains of antiquity, among which is a cromlech called Keit's Cott House, about a mile N.E. from the village. It is said to mark the burial-place of Catigern, who was slain here in a battle between the Britons and Saxons in A.D. 455. Pop. of parish in 1851, 1487.