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CALEHILL, a seat, a subdistrict, and a hundred in Kent. The seat is in Little Chart parish, 5 miles WNW of Ashford; and has belonged to the Darell family since the time of Henry IV. The subdistrict is in West Ashford district; and contains Little Chart parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 22,535. Pop., 5,311. Houses, 1,007. The hundred is in the lathe of Shepway, and conterminate with the subdistrict.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat, a subdistrict, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Calehill |
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