A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ALKHAM, a parish in Dover district, Kent; 3 miles SW of Ewell r. station, and 4 W of Dover. Post Town, Ewell under Dover. Acres, 3,200. Real property, £3,567. Pop., 520. Houses, 102. The property is much subdivided. A nailbourne here breaks out occasionally with such "store of water as would carry a vessel of considerable burden." The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Capel-le-Ferne, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £152. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly Norman, partly early English, and in very good condition. Reindein House, contiguous to Alkham, is extra-parochial.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Alkham CP/AP Dover RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Alkham |
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