In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shepway like this:
SHEPWAY, a lathe in the SE of Kent; containing the hundreds and liberties of Aloesbridge, Ashford, Bircholt, Calehill, Chart and Longbridge, Felborough, Folkestone, Ham, Heane, Longport, Loningborough, Lydd, Newchurch, New Romney, Oxney, Stouting, Street, Worth, and Wye. Acres, 205,004. Pop. in 1851, 43,323; in 1861, 51,826. Houses, 9,018. Shepway Cross gives name to the lathe; is situated ½ a mile E of Lympney church; and was the meeting-place of the earliest general courts of the Cinque ports.
Shepway through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shepway in Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17316
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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