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KILNDOWN, a hamlet and a chapelry in Goudhurst parish, Kent. The hamlet is situated on an eminence, 2½ miles SW of Goudhurst village, and 4¾ ENE of Wadhurst r. station; and has a post office under StaplehurST. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Pop., 904. Houses, 168. Bedgebury, the seat of A. J. B. BeresfordHope, Esq., is the chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £400 * Patron, A. J. B. Beresford-Hope, Esq. The church was built in 1841; is a handsome edifice, in the pointed style; contains a stone pulpit, and a fine carved oak screen; and was endowed by the late Marshal Beresford. The parsonage was built in 1855; is also a handsome edifice in the pointed style; and was erected at Marshal Bereford's expense. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a library and reading room, and a boys' and girls' school; and the last was endowed by the late Viscountess Beresford with £210 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Goudhurst CP/AP Kent AncC |
| Place: | Kilndown |
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