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SANDHURST, a village and a parish in Cranbrook district, Kent. The village stands on the river Rother, at the boundary with Sussex, 5½ miles E by N of Etchingham r. station, and 6 S by E of Cranbrook; and has a post-office under Staplehurst, and a fair on 25 May. The parish comprises 4, 382 acres. Real property, £5, 469. Pop., 1, 231. Houses, 257. Downgate is the seat of A. Oakes, Esq. Part of the land is marsh, and part isunder hops. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £800.* Patron, the Archbishop. The church is very early decorated English, muchmutilated. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, national and British schools, and charities £6.
(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: | Sandhurst AP/CP Cranbrook RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
Place: | Sandhurst |
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