The well at the centre of the village is dedicated to her, a plaque on the wall recording the local legend that her saintly presence has given the water healing properties.

Another local legend states that the knights who murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket rode through Kemsing on their way to seek him out at Canterbury.

The lordship of Kemsing had a long royal and noble association: it was held by King Henry II who passed it to Baldwin of Béthune, the Earl of Albemarle.

The manor passed later to the de Grandison and Fynes families, becoming part of the estates of Baron Say and Sele.

Briefly in possession of Anne of Cleves, it was then granted by Elizabeth I to Sir Henry Carey and eventually acquired by the Duke of Dorset.

[3] The historic village centre area around the well includes the war memorial of 1921 (Grade II listed[4] by the architect Godfrey Pinkerton), a cluster of picturesque cottages and St. Edith's Hall of 1911 (Grade II listed[5] by the architect Godfrey Pinkerton), the front of which is adorned with a statue of the saint and a clock which chimes the hours and bears the inscription: 'Tis mine Each passing hour to tell.

During the first world war St Edith Hall was used as a hospital and staffed by the Kent Voluntary Aid Detachment.

Along West End can be found a motor repairs garage, a 'Londis' convenience store that is also an Amazon collection point, and a chemist, In the High Street is a veterinary surgery and St. Edith's Social Club.

High Street was the location of two public houses, The Bell and The Wheatsheaf, sited directly opposite each other.

To the east of the village is the large open space known as The Common Field, used for cricket and football, and the Sir Mark Collet Sports Pavilion, with tennis and squash courts.