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.
EGERTON, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands on the verge of the Weald, 2¾ miles N of Pluckley r. station, and 7½ WNW of Ashford; and has a post office‡ under Ashford, and a fair on 5 Aug. The parish comprises 2, 780 acres. Real property, £3, 682. Pop., 816. Houses, 148. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £111. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church has a conspicuous tower, and is good. There is a Baptist chapel.
(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: | Egerton CP/Ch West Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Egerton |
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