Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHALLOCK

CHALLOCK, a parish in East Ashford district, Kent; adjacent to the river Stour and to the Ashford and Canterbury railway, 2¾ miles NW by W of Wye r. station, and 5 N by E of Ashford. It has a post office under Ashford, and a fair on 8 Oct. Acres, 2,837. Real property, £2,643. Pop., 373. Houses, 78. The property is subdivided. Eastwell Park, the seat of the Earl of Winchelsea, is on the south. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Godmersham, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is ancient. 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: Challock CP/Ch       East Ashford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Challock

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