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PLUCKLEY, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent. The village stands 1½ mile N of the Southeastern railway, and 6 W of Ashford; has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office under Ashford, and fairs on Whit-Tuesday and 4 Nov.; and commands splendid views over the wealds of Kent and Sussex. The parish includes the quondam parish of Pevington, and comprises 3,047 acres. Real property, £4, 127. Pop., 777. Houses, 141. Surrenden-Dering is the seat of Sir E. Dering, Bart. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Pevington, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £708.* Patron, the Arch-bishop of Canterbury. The church was built, in the time of Henry II., by Richard de Pluckley; is early English, with inserted later English windows; comprises nave, aisles, and two chancels; was new-seated in 1853; and contains brasses and monuments of the Derings. There are a national school, and charities £17.
(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: | Pluckley AP/CP West Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Pluckley |
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