LINTON is a village, pleasantly situated on an elevated point, four miles south
of Maidstone. The population in 1851 was 1,082. The church is dedicated to St.
Nicholas, and is a neat edifice. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. Thomas King
is the incumbent. The Maidstone union workhouse is in this parish, and will hold
500 inmates. Clock House is half a mile N.W.; Snode's Hole, one mile west.
POST-OFFICE - Henry lchin, Receiver. Letters arrive through Staplehurst. Money
Orders are granted and paid at this office.