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ASH, or Ash-next-Ridley, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; 6 miles S of Northfleet r. station, and 7 SSE of Dartford. It includes the hamlets of Hodsol-Street and West-York and part of Culverstone-Green; and it has a post office under Sevenoaks. Acres, 3,023. Real property, £4,761. Pop., 587. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £548.* Patron, W. Lambarde, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
(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: | Ash AP/CP Kent AncC |
Place names: | ASH | ASH NEXT RIDLEY | ASH OR ASH NEXT RIDLEY |
Place: | Ash |
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