Barming, or East Barming, a parish in Kent, on the river Medway, 2 1/2 miles WSW of Maidstone, and 38 from London. Railway stations, Barming, on the L.C. & D.R., 2 miles distant; East Farleigh, on the S.E.R., in the parish, It has a post and money order office of the name of Barming under Maidstone; telegraph office, East Farleigh station. Acreage, 760; population, 677. Hops and fruit are richly cultivated, and Kentish rag is quarried. Roman remains have been found near the church. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £330 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, dating from the Norman period, and containing some remarkable oak stalls, is picturesquely situated by some fine elms, above the river. It was restored in 1850 and 1872. Mark Noble the antiquary was rector, and Christopher Smart the poet was a resident.
