Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BONNINGTON

BONNINGTON, a parish in East Ashford district, Kent; on the military canal, in Romney Marsh, 3 miles SSW of Smeeth r. station, and 6 ½ SE by S of Ashford. Post Town, Bilsington, under Ashford. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £1,900. Pop., 187. Houses, 39. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £225. Patron, T. Papillon, Esq. The church is good.


(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: Bonnington AP/CP       East Ashford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Bonnington

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