Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELMSTONE

ELMSTONE, a parish in Eastry district, Kent; near the river Stour, 2 miles S of Grove-Ferry r. station, and 2½ NNE of Wingham. Post town, Stourmouth, under Sandwich. Acres, 432. Real property, £1, 198. Pop., 75. Houses, 17. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £240.* Patron, W. Delmar, Esq. The church is good.


(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: Elmstone CP/AP       Eastry RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Elmstone

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