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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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OTTERDEN, a parish, with a village, in Hollingbourn district, Kent; 2 miles S S W of Eastling, and 6½ S W by S of Faversham r. station. Post-town, Eastling, under Faversham. Acres, 1, 434. Real property, £1, 460. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the ins and the Curteises; and, with Otterden Place, belongs now to the Rev.Wheeler. O. Place is a pretty mansion, partly of the time of Henry VIII.; was the scene of ex.periments, allied to those of Dr. Franklin, leading to the identification of lightning with electricity; and commands fine views over the wooded country toward Faversham, with distant glimpses of the sea. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £307.* Patron, the Rev. W. A. Paxton. The church was re-built in 1753; is an elegant structure of brick and stone; and contains some 17th century monuments of the Lewins and the Curteises. Charities, £10 and alms-houses.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Otterden AP/CP Hollingbourne RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Otterden |
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