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== Parish History  ==

MILTON-NEXT-GRAVESEND (St. Peter and St. Paul), a '''parish''', forming '''a union with Gravesend''', in the hundred of Toltingtrough, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent; including part of the town of Gravesend. An '''episcopal chapel''', dedicated to St. John, was erected in 1834, for Milton and Gravesend. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51152#s23  ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 319-321. Date accessed: 17 April 2013.</ref>

Milton included much of the town of Gravesend and became part of the civil parish of Gravesend in 1915. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton-next-Gravesend Milton-next-Gravesend Wikipedia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend,_Kent Gravesend Kent Wikipedia] 

Milton St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish in the town of Gravesend. 

The church dates from the 14th century with later additions and Victorian restoration and is designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356389-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-gravesend British listed building] 

The parish includes part of ancient parish of [[Denton (near Gravesend), Kent]]. 

From this parish was formed the ecclesiastical parish of Milton-next-Gravesend Christchurch in 1856.