Longfield is a town as well as civil church in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It lies 6 miles (10 kilometres) south-east of Dartford and the exact same distance south-west of Gravesend. The village contains several shops, a pub, and also a 14th-century church. It is recorded in the Domesday Book and also the Anglo-Saxon charters of 964-995. Longfield and also New Barn is a civil parish called after the surrounding villages it covers, the eastern component being New Barn, it additionally covers the smaller settlement, the neighbourhood of Longfield Hill. Longfield is the ancient town, situated when driving in between Dartford and also Meopham; the historical church there is committed to St Mary Magdalene. New Barn is larger in population than Longfield, although has bit in the method of services, being a fairly current development as well as totally residential in nature.