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HERNE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Blean district, Kent. The village stands 171/2. mile S of Herne Bay r. station, and 7 NE of Canterbury; took its name, or is said to have done so, from the former plenteousness of herons on the adjacent coast; bears also the name of Herne Street; is pleasantly surrounded by wood; was once a market town; and has now a post office, of the name of Herne Street, under Canterbury, and a fair on Easter Monday. The parish contains also the town of Herne Bay, and the hamlets of Beltinge, Haw, Hampton, Thornton, Strood, Huntersfostal, Eddington, Broomfield, and Underdown. Acres, 5, 399; of which 570 are water. Real property, £17, 639; of which £30 are in gas works. Pop., 3, 147. Houses, 588. Part of the land is under hops. Blean workhouse is on Herne common; and, at the census of 1861, had 129 inmates. The. living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £360. * Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; consists of nave, aisles, and three chancels, with a square tower; and contains many tombs and brasses. There are a church and an Independent chapel at Herne Bay, a Wesleyan chapel in Herne village, national schools, and charities £28. Bishop Ridley and the antiquary Duncombe were vicars. Two female infants, joined together like the Siamese twins, were born here in 1565, and lived only a few days.—The sub-district contains also the parishes of Reculver and Chislett. Acres 13, 887. Pop., 4, 473. Houses, 879.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Herne CP/AP Herne SubD Blean RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Herne Bay |
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