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.
PADDOCK-WOOD, a hamlet in Brenchley parish, and a chapelry partly also in Yalding and Nettlestead parishes, Kent. The hamlet lies in the Weald, on the Southeastern railway, at the junction of the branch to Maidstone, 2¾ miles N by W of Brenchley, and 6 E by S of Tunbridge; and has a station with telegraph at the railway junction, and an inn. The chapelry was constituted in 1860; and its post town is Brenchley, under Staplehurst. Pop. of the Brenchley portion, 713; of thewhole, 898. Houses of the B. portion, 131; of thewhole, 166. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £225.* Patron, G.Courthope, Esq. The church is a neatstone building, in the pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with a small tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Nettlestead AP/CP Yalding CP/AP Kent AncC |
| Place: | Paddock Wood |
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