Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUCKINGE

RUCKINGE, a village and a parish in East Ashford district, Kent. The village stands on the brow of thehigh ground adjacent to the Military canal, and overlooking Romney-Marsh, 1 mile E of Ham-Street r. station, and 6 S by E of Ashford; and has a post-office under Ashford. The parish comprises 3, 445 acres. Real property, £3, 721. Pop., 429. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the see of Canterbury. Part of the land is under hops; part is excellent pasture; and much is under wood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £294.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English with Norman portions. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ruckinge AP/CP       East Ashford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Ruckinge

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