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Gillingham, par., township, and local government dist., Kent, on river Medway, on NE. side and mostly in parl. bor. of Chatham -- par., 5016 ac., pop. 20,865; township, 4317 ac., pop. 20,644; dist. (partly also in Chatham par.), 4302 ac., pop. 20,745; P.O.; was the birthplacc of William Adams (1575-1621), discoverer of Japan.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish, township, and local government district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Gillingham Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Gillingham |
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