In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shadoxhurst like this:
SHADOXHURST, a parish, with a village, in West Ashford district, Kent; 4 miles S W by S of Ashford r.station. Post-town, Ashford. Acres, 1, 932. Real property, £1, 419. Pop., 194. Houses, 42. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £109. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.
Shadoxhurst through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shadoxhurst, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6358
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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