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SWALECLIFF, a parish in Blean district, Kent; on the coast, 2 miles E by N of Whitstable r. station. Post town, Whitstable, under Canterbury. Acres, 1,297; of which 335 are water. Real property, £1,754. Pop., 168. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £315.* Patron, Earl Cowper. There are a slightly endowed school, and a coastguard station.
(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: | Swalecliffe Parish Blean Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Swalecliffe |
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