Rankins Farm

Linton is probably one of the smallest village in Kent, it straggles along the A229 on the S facing hill between Staplehurst and Maidstone. The village provided labour to the quarry which is to be found in nearby Boughton Monchelsea, but has grown up from the 1700's to supply living quarters for the workers on Linton Place. Lord Cornwallis who lived at Linton Park once owned the farm. Lord Cornwallis was a kind and charitable man who let his tenants buy their farms for much less than they were worth.