Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALDEN, or HIGH HALDEN

HALDEN, or HIGH HALDEN, a parish in Tenterden district, Kent; on the river Tarn, 3¼ miles NNE of Tenterden, and 6 S of Pluckley r. station. Post town, Tenterden, under StaplehurST. Acres, 3, 753. Real property, £3, 522. Pop., 653. Houses, 121. The property is subdivided. Some ponds are in various parts. There are manufactories of earthenware. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £450.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is very ancient; has a shingled oak spire; and was recently repaired. A free school has £25; and other charities £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: High Halden CP/AP       Tenterden RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: HALDEN     |     HALDEN OR HIGH HALDEN     |     HIGH HALDEN
Place: High Halden

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