Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HASTINGLEIGH

HASTINGLEIGH, a parish in East Ashford district, Kent; 4½ miles ESE of wye r. station, and 8 E by S of A shford. Post town, Elmstead, under Ashford. Acres, 1, 498. Real property, £1, 160. Pop., 198. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. About 13 acres are under hops. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £233. * Patron, the Arc1ibishop of Canterbury. The church is very ancient. but good; and consists of two aisles and a chancel, with a tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hastingleigh CP/AP       East Ashford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Hastingleigh

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