Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUCKLAND

BUCKLAND, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; near the river Swale and the Chatham and Dover railway, 3 miles NW by W of Faversham. Post Town, Faversham. Acres, 978. Real property, £886. Pop., 18. Houses, 3. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £167. Patron, Sir J. T. Tyrell, Bart. The church has long been in ruins.


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

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

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