Pluckley Village

So many stories have been told about the Pluckley village, a small village located in the Ashford district, a 58,000 hectares landscape that borders five different districts including Kent, and East Sussex to the south-west.

It has also been said to be the largest district (by area) in the whole of Kent. Pluckley has an area measurement of 12.63 km with a population of over 1,069 (according to 2011 figure).

It is located in the south-eastern region of Ashford district and has a well-drained plain land which is mostly used for agricultural purposes.

The history of Pluckley village is rather comparative, few of which can be seen in the doomsday published in 1900 which claims that the village original settlers are considerably larger than the present-day Ashford town.

But according to other historical sources, the origin of the village cannot be told without the villages parish church which dates as far back as the 14th century.

The Dering chapel, which is located at the eastern end of the south aisle, and was the first church building built by their ancestors on arrival in 1475.

So even with the absence of a definite date of migration of the original Pluckley duelers, using the date the church building was built, it is needful to conclude that the original settlers of Pluckley village arrived around late 14th century.

Another linked story of the origin of the village is the story of the Wyatt rebellion which leads to the destruction of St. Mary’s Parish is an event that gave birth to the division of Bevington parish (or province) into 3 different zones; the Little Chart, The Egerton, and the present-day Pluckley which is said to have gotten the larger area