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BEAKSBOURNE, or Bekesbourne, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on the Canterbury and Dover railway, 2¾ miles SE of Canterbury. It is a member of the cinque port liberty of Hastings: and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Canterbury. Acres, 1,115. Real property, £2,393. Pop., 475. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. Beaksbourne House is the seat of Dr.T. Beke. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £187. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is perpendicular English; was restored in 1843; and contains the monument of Hooker, who became vicar in 1595. The parsonage has been much modernized; yet contains features which were in it in Hooker's time.
(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: | Bekesbourne Parish Bridge Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place names: | BEAKSBOURNE | BEAKSBOURNE OR BEKESBOURNE | BEKESBOURNE |
| Place: | Bekesbourne |
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