Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITFIELD

WHITFIELD, a parish in Dover district, Kent; 2 miles NNE of Ewell r. station, and 3½ N by W of Dover. It has a post-office under Dover. Acres, 893. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 264. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £150. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.


(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: Whitfield Parish       Dover Poor Law Union/Registration District       Kent Ancient County
Place: Whitfield

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