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.
HOATH, a village and a parish in Blean district, Kent. The village stands 2¼ miles NW of Grove-Ferry r. station, and 6 NE of Canterbury.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Maypole street and Old-Tree; and its post town is Herne street, under Canterbury. Acres, 898. Real property, £2, 239. Pop., 348. Houses, 78. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Some scanty remains exist here of the archiepiscopal palace of Ford. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Reculver, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is a neat modern structure, with a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hoath Ch/CP Blean RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Hoath |
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