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Eastwell.-- par., E. Kent, 3 miles N. of Ashford, 896 ac. (41 water), pop. 113; in the church is a monument to Richard Plantagenet, bricklayer, son of Richard III., and the last descendant of that royal race. Eastwell Park (of time of Henry VIII.) is the seat of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham. The park is well wooded, and commands a view at once of the Thames and the English Channel.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Eastwell Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Eastwell |
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