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BIRCHOLT, or Birchall, a parish and a franchise in Kent. The parish is in East Ashford district, and lies 2½ miles N of Smeeth r. station, and 4½ E by S of Ashford. Post Town, Smeeth, under Ashford. Acres, 298. Real property, £470. Pop., 30. Houses, 7. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £50. Patron, E. Knatchbull Hugessen, Esq. The franchise, called also a barony, is in the lathe of Shepway; and contains four parishes and part of another. Acres, 10,482. Pop,. 2,271. Houses, 461.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish and a franchise" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Bircholt CP/AP Kent AncC |
Place names: | BIRCHALL | BIRCHOLT | BIRCHOLT OR BIRCHALL |
Place: | Bircholt |
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