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BRENCHLEY, a village, a parish, a subdistrict, and a hundred in Kent. The village stands 2½ miles S by E of Paddock-Wood r. station, and 7 ENE of Tunbridge Wells; and has a post office‡ under Staplehurst. Some good old timbered houses are in it; and a clump of trees, on high ground near it, figures conspicuously over many miles.—The parish includes also the hamlets of MatfieldGreen, Colts-Hill, Mascalls-Pound, Henlys, PiersonsGreen, and Pettridge. Acres, 7,780. Real property, £11,518. Pop., 2,844. Houses, 560. The property is much subdivided There are mineral waters similar to those of Tunbridge. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £749.* Patron, G.Courthope, Esq. The church is old, cruciform, and good; and has a lofty tower. Paddock-Wood vicarage is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel, a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £17.-The subdistrict contains two other parishes, and is in the district of Tunbridge. Acres, 15,778. Pop., 5,486. Houses, 1,086.-The hundred bears the name of Brenchley and Horsemonden; consists of these two parishes and part of Lamberhurst; and is in the lathe of Aylesford. Acres, 15,887. Pop., 4,479. Houses, 815.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a subdistrict, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brenchley AP/CP Brenchley SubD Kent AncC |
| Place: | Brenchley |
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