Lidsing is a hamlet and former

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, now in the parish of Boxley, in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. It is near the

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and south of Gillingham, adjacent to Bredhurst. In 1911 the parish had a population of 98.

History

Previously a manor/estate called Lydesinge partially in the parishes of Chatham and Gillingham, including part of the area that is now Hempstead, the district was the site of a chapel of ease, St. Mary Magdalene's, from the 12th Century. The chapel was demolished in the 1880s. Lidsing was formerly a ville in Medway district, from 1866 Lidsing was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 October 1913 the parish was abolished and merged with Gillingham.

References

* Philip's Navigator Britain (page 92) Hamlets in Kent Former civil parishes in Kent Boxley {{Kent-geo-stub