Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KINGSTONE

KINGSTONE, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on an affluent of the river Stour, 2½ miles S of Beaksbourne r. station, and 5 SE of Canterbury. Post town, Canterbury. Acres, 1, 525. Real property, £2, 227. Pop., 273. Houses, 57. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £500. * Patron, Sir J. W. E. Bridges, Bart. The church is good..


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kingston Parish       Bridge Poor Law Union/Registration District       Kent Ancient County
Place: Kingston

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