A vision of Britain through time
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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.
WESTENHANGER, a r. station and a quondam parish in the SE of Kent. The station is on the Southeastern railway, 2½ miles NW of Hythe; and serves for Hythe. The quondam parish lies around the station; and retains a remarkable fragment of a moated, fortified, 13th century, manorial seat, which belonged to the Aubervilles, and passed to the Criolls, the Poynings, the Smiths, and the Champneis. Queen Elizabeth visited the seat in 1573.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a r station and a quondam parish" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Westenhanger |
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