In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westenhanger like this:
WESTENHANGER, a r. station and a quondam parish in the SE of Kent. The station is on the Southeastern railway, 2½ miles NW of Hythe; and serves for Hythe. The quondam parish lies around the station; and retains a remarkable fragment of a moated, fortified, 13th century, manorial seat, which belonged to the Aubervilles, and passed to the Criolls, the Poynings, the Smiths, and the Champneis. Queen Elizabeth visited the seat in 1573.
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Westenhanger through time
Westenhanger is now part of Shepway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shepway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westenhanger itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westenhanger, in Shepway and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24523
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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