A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BADLESMERE, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; 4½ miles S of Faversham r. station. It has a post office under Faversham. Acres, 778. Real property, £1,060. Pop., 133. Houses, 23. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged, in the times of Edward I. and Edward II., to the potent family of De Badlesmere; was forfeited by the attainder and execution of John Earl of Oxford and Baron Badlesmere; and passed into the possession of the family of Sondes, now represented by Lord Sondes. A house of regular canons was founded in the 13th year of Edward II. by Bartholomew de Badlesmere. The living is a rectory, united to the rectory of Leaveland, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £323.* Patron, Lord Sondes. The church is a small, plain, Saxon structure in very good condition. A fair is held on 17 Nov.
(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: | Badlesmere CP/AP Faversham RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Badlesmere |
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