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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.
SMARDEN, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands on the river Beult, 3 miles ESE of Headcorn r. station, and 6 E by S of Staplehurst; was once a market-town; and has a post-office‡ under Staplehurst, and a fair on 11th Oct. The parish comprises 5,380 acres. Real property, £5,006. Pop., 1,130. Houses, 214. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £615.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is commodious. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £41 a year, and charities £19.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Smarden AP/CP West Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Smarden |
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