In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aldington like this:
ALDINGTON, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of East Ashford, Kent. The village stands near the Grand Military canal, 1½ mile S of Smeeth r. station, and 6 SE of Ashford. It has a post office under Hythe; and is in the lib. of Romney Marsh.—The parish comprises 3,576 acres. ...
Real property, £5,357. Pop., 658. Houses, 144. The property is not much divided. The Roman road from Lymne to Pevensey went through the parish. Court-of-Street, on the line of that road, about a mile E of the village, was the scene of the imposture of Elizabeth Barton, the nun of Kent, who made so great a figure in the political party of Queen Catherine. the living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; and till 1868 was united with Smeeth. Value, £850.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English, with a tower in late perpendicular; and formerly had a brass of 1475. Charities, £9. The celebrated Erasmus of Rotterdam, and Richard Moster, who suffered death for aiding the imposture of Elizabeth Barton, were rectors of Aldington.-The subdistrict comprises seven parishes. Acres, 16,127. Pop., 2,487. Houses, 509.
Aldington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aldington, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4942
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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