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LANGLEY, a village and a parish in Hollingbourn district, Kent. The village stands 4½ miles SE of Maidstone r. station, and has a post-office under Maidstone. The parish comprises 1,474 acres. Real property, £2,360. Pop., 386. Houses, 80. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Romney. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £390. * Patron, S. E. Pusey, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1855; is in the pointed style; and has a tower and small spire. There is a school connected with the church.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Langley Parish Hollingbourne Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Langley |
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