A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
UPCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in Milton district, Kent; on the creeks of the Medway, 1¾ mile N of Newington r. station, and 5 E of Chatham. It has a wall letter-box under Sittingbourne. Acres, 5,138; of which 1,520 are water. Real property, £5,564. Pop., 468. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. Low islets and peninsulæ, engirt by creeks, form much of the surface; bear the name of salterns or saltings; appear to have been the site of an extensive Roman pottery manufacture; and have yielded many pieces of Roman pottery and many Roman coins. There are also extensive gravel pits, abounding with fossils. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £243.* Patron, All Souls College, Oxford. The church is chiefly decorated English; and has a spire, which serves as a landmark. Charities, £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Upchurch AP/CP Milton RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Upchurch |
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