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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HEADCORN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Hollingbourn district, Kent. The village stands on the river Beult, and on the Southeastern railway, 11 miles W by N of Ashford; consists chiefly of one wide straggling street; and has a post office‡ under Staplehurst, a railway station with telegraph, a hotel, a commodious town hall built in 1867, a weekly market on Wednesday, and a fair on 12 June. The parish comprises 5, 011 acres. Real property, £6, 503. Pop., 1, 339. Houses, 291. The property is much subdivided. Some hops are grown; and bricks and tiles are made. An Augustinian priory was founded at Mottenden, in 1224, by Sir Robert de Rokesby; and was given, at the dissolution, to Lord Cromwell, -and, after his attainder, to Sir Anthony Aucher. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £294. * Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is decorated and later English; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and was restored in 1855. The churchyard has a very old oak, 40 feet in girth. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Unitarians, a national school, and charities £25.—The sub-district contains eight parishes. Acres, 18, 849. Pop., 5, 286. Houses, 1, 117.
(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: | Headcorn CP/AP Headcorn SubD Hollingbourne RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Headcorn |
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