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HORTON (MONKS), a parish in Elham district, Kent; 2¼ miles N by W of Westonhanger r. station, and 5 NW of Hythe. Post town, Hythe, Kent. Acres, 1, 079. Real property, £1, 382. Pop., 153. Houses, 31. A Cluniac priory, a cell to the house of St. Pancras at Lewes, was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by Robert de Ver; was made "indigena" by Edward III.; and, together with the manor which it held, was given, at the dissolution, to Richard Tate, and afterwards passed to the Mantells. The remains of it stand in a low situation among woods; have partly been converted into a farmhouse; and include an arch and some fragments in transition Norman, and of interesting character. A neighbonring eminence commands a fine view. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Brabourne, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church stands in what was once the park of Mount-Morris; has been restored; has a curious wooden tower; and contains tombs of the Robinsons of Mount-Morris.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Monks Horton CP/AP Elham RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | HORTON | HORTON MONKS | MONKS HORTON |
| Place: | Monks Horton |
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