Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MANSTON

MANSTON, a hamlet in St. Lawrence parish, Kent; 2 miles W of Ramsgate. Manston Court was the seat of the Manstons, who settled here in the time of King John; and it is now a farm-house. A chapel was connected with it, and considerable remains of the chapel still exist


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Lawrence CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Manston

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