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|official_name=Luddenham|population = Borough of Swale>Swale|shire_county = Kent|region= South East EnglandSittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)>Sittingbourne and Sheppey|post_town= Faversham|postcode_district = ME13|postcode_area= ME|dial_code=|os_grid_reference=}}Luddenham is a widespread hamlet or small village north-west of Faversham in Kent, England, with many long-distance views across the Swale and the Isle of Sheppey. It is on the edge of Luddenham Marshes and is also home of Luddenham School.WEB,www.luddenham.kent.sch.uk/, Home | Luddenham School, Oare Gunpowder Works are on the edge of the village.WEB,www.gunpowderworks.co.uk, Oare Gunpowder Works, 29 January 2011,www.gunpowderworks.co.uk/," title="archive.today/20120802102720www.gunpowderworks.co.uk/,">archive.today/20120802102720www.gunpowderworks.co.uk/, 2 August 2012, dead, It had, according to Edward Hasted in 1798, 396 acres of low flat arable land and 200 acres of meadow and pasture, although half of those are marsh.JOURNAL, Hasted, Edward, 1798, Parishes,www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62968, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Institute of Historical Research, 6, 386–393, 28 February 2014, It is in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone.It was once called Cildresham, at the time of the Domesday survey. The Manor of Cildresham belonged to Odo, Earl of Kent, (as the Bishop of Bayeux) and was noted so in the Domesday Book. After Odo’s trial for fraud, the manor then passed to the Fulbert de Dover (of Chilham) who helped the King defend Dover Castle. (File:Unconverted Oast House at Luddenham Court Farm, Luddenham, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 1450613.jpg|thumb|Luddenham Court Farm)Then William de Luddenham became owner the Manor of Luddenham in 1212 and during the reign of Henry III, it passed to Sir Roger de Northwood.It has the Grade I listed Church of St Mary,WEB,www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176774-church-of-st-mary-luddenham-kent, Church of St Mary, Luddenham, www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk, 28 February 2014, beside the Grade II listed Luddenham Court (built in the 15th century).WEB,www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176778-luddenham-court-luddenham-kent, Luddenham Court, Luddenham, www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk, 28 February 2014, Also within the scattered hamlet, is the Nash estate which includes the grade II listed Nash’s Farmhouse.WEB,www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176783-nash-s-farmhouse-luddenham-kent, Nash’s Farmhouse, Luddenham, www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk, 28 February 2014, It used to have one of the most remote public houses in the area, The Mounted Rifleman, which closed in the early 1990s.WEB,www.geograph.org.uk/photo/302728, The Mounted Rifleman, 1 January 2007, 28 February 2014,

See also

• St Mary’s Church, Luddenham
• Hyde v Wrench (1840) 3 Beav 334, an English contract law case, about the sale of a Luddenham farm.

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