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KINGSDOWN, a parish in Milton district, Kent; 4 miles SSE of Sittingbourne r. station. Post town, Sittingbourne. Acres, 695. Real property, £931. Pop., 96. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Kingsdown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Valne, £200. Patron, Lord Kingsdown. The church was built in 1865, after designs by Pugin; is in the early English style: and consists of nave and chancel, with a spire.
(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: | Kingsdown Parish Milton Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Kingsdown |
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