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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FARLEIGH (West), a parish in Maidstone district, Kent; on the river Medway, 1½ mile WSW of East Farleigh r. station, and 3½ SW of Maidstone. It has a post office under Maidstone. Acres, 1,010. Real property, £4,067. Pop., 399. Houses, 71. The manor belonged to the Toteshams; and passed to the Lawrences, the Skyners, and others. West Farleigh House is the seat of Sir William Fitzherbert, Bart. Much of the land is occupied in fine hop-grounds and fruit-gardens. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £459.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is partly Norman, and contains monuments of the Toteshams, the Lawrences, and others. The churchyard has some remarkably fine yew-trees. Charities, £26.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | West Farleigh CP/AP Maidstone RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | FARLEIGH | FARLEIGH WEST | WEST FARLEIGH |
| Place: | West Farleigh |
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