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.
NEWCHURCH, a parish and a hundred in Kent. The parish is in Romney-Marsh district; and lies 2 miles S of the Military canal, 3¾ E S E of Ham-Street r. station, and 4½ N by W of New Romney. Post-town, New Romney, under Folkestone. Acres, 3, 122. Real property, £7, 924. Pop., 332. Houses, 67. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £632.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with an embattled tower; and has very beautiful pillars within the aisles. There are a national school, and charities £25. The hundred is in Shepway lathe; and contains three parishes and part of another. Acres, 9, 410. Pop. in 1851, 1, 112. Houses, 213.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Newchurch AP/CP Newchurch Hundred Kent AncC |
| Place: | Newchurch |
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