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.
BETHERSDEN, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands 2 miles S of Pluckley r. station, and 5 ½ WSW of Ashford; and has a post office under Staplehurst, and a fair on 31 July. The parish comprises 6,345 acres. Real property, £5,127. Pop., 1,124. Houses. 237 The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Grensteads; and passed to the Lovelaces. A marble here, now little worked, and consisting almost wholly of minute freshwater shells, was formerly in great request for monumental sculptures and the decoration of cathedrals. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £165.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is of Tudor date, and in good condition. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and an education charity.
(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: | Bethersden CP/AP West Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Bethersden |
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