Place:


Boughton Monchelsea  Kent

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boughton Monchelsea like this:

BOUGHTON-MONCHELSEA, a parish in Maidstone district, Kent; near the Weald, 4 miles S by E of Maidstone, and 4 ½ NW of Staplehurst r. station. It has a post office under Staplehurst. Acres, 2,296. Real property, £6,164. Pop., 1,190. Houses, 234. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Monchelseas of Swanscombe. ...


Kentish rag is extesively worked. Remains of a hyæna were found here, in a fissure, by the late Dr. Buckland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £395.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is very good. There are a n. school, and charities £9.

Boughton Monchelsea through time

Boughton Monchelsea is now part of Maidstone district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maidstone has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boughton Monchelsea itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boughton Monchelsea, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12686

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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