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BOUGHTON-MONCHELSEA, a parish in Maidstone district, Kent; near the Weald, 4 miles S by E of Maidstone, and 4 ½ NW of Staplehurst r. station. It has a post office under Staplehurst. Acres, 2,296. Real property, £6,164. Pop., 1,190. Houses, 234. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Monchelseas of Swanscombe. Kentish rag is extesively worked. Remains of a hyæna were found here, in a fissure, by the late Dr. Buckland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £395.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is very good. There are a n. school, and charities £9.
(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: | Boughton Monchelsea CP/AP Maidstone RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
Place: | Boughton Monchelsea |
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