A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
KINGSNORTH, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands near the Southeastern railway, 2¼ miles S of Ashford; and has a postoffice under Ashford. The parish comprises 3, 245 acres. Real property, £3, 659. Pop., 416. Houses, 79. Part of the surface is marshland, part is woodland, and about 50 acres are hop garden. Mountford was anciently the seat of the Clarkes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £630.* Patron, Denne Denne, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a Bible Christian chapel, and charities £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kingsnorth AP/CP West Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Kingsnorth |
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