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CHART-NEXT-SUTTON-VALENCE, or Chart-sutton, a parish in Hollingbourne district, Kent; on the verge of the Weald, 4½ miles SSE of Maidstoue r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Chart-Corner, under Staplehurst. Acres, 2, 073. Real property, £4, 868. Pop., 693. Houses, 130. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, not reported.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church was much injured by lightning in 1775; but is now good, and has a fine 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: | Chart Sutton Parish Hollingbourne Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place names: | CHART NEXT SUTTON VALENCE | CHART NEXT SUTTON VALENCE OR CHART SUTTON | CHART SUTTON |
| Place: | Chart Sutton |
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