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.
DUNKIRK, an extra-parochial ville, which is also a chapelry, in Faversham district, Kent; 1¾ mile NE of Selling r. station, and 2½ W by N of Canterbury. Post town, Boughton, under Faversham. Acres, 4, 620. Real property, £4, 150. Pop., 721. Houses, 146. The land formerly was part of Blean forest; and a large portion of it now belongs to the dean and chapter of Canterbury. The name Dunkirk was first given to it, about the middle of last century, by a body of squatters, who took free or forcible possession of the land, and who became notable for smuggling practices. Many of the persons implicated in the extraordinary outbreak of 1838, connected with Sir William Courtenay or Thoms, were inhabitants of Dunkirk. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £113.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a flint structure, with a tower; and was built after the outbreak of 1838.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial ville, which is also a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Faversham RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Dunkirk |
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