Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAREHORNE

WAREHORNE, a parish, with a village, in East Ashford district, Kent; 1 mile SSW of Ham-Street r. station, and 7 S by W of Ashford. It has a post-office under Ashford, and a fair on 2 and 3 Oct. Acres, 2,870. Real property, £4,958. Pop., 412. Houses, 87. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £350.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on a knoll over-looking Romney-Marsh, and is good. There are a Bible Christian chapel, national schools, and charities £22.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Warehorne AP/CP       East Ashford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Warehorne

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