Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOO, or HOO-ST. MARY

HOO, or HOO-ST. MARY, a village and a parish in Hoo district, Kent. The village stands 1½ mile S of the Thames, 6 ENE of Higham r. station, and 6½ NE of Rochester; and occupies a comparatively high site, with a belt of marsh between it and the Thames.—The parish comprises 2, 196 acres of land, and 670 of water; and its post town is Rochester. Real property, £3, 882. Pop., 264. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £502.* Patron, the Rev. R. G. Burt. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place names: HOO     |     HOO OR HOO ST MARY     |     HOO ST MARY
Place: St Mary Hoo

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