Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Charing

Charing, par. and vil., E. Kent, 5½ miles NW. of Ashford, 4681 ac., pop. 1349; P.O., T.O. The vil. is situated at the intersection of the Maidstone and Canterbury roads. The ruins of the archiepiscopal palace are of great interest.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Charing CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Charing

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