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STAPLE, a parish, with a village, in Eastry district, Kent; 2 miles ESE of Wingham, and 3 NE of Adisham r. station. It has a fair on 25 July; and its Post town is Wingham, under Sandwich. Acres, 1,009. Real property, £3,341. Pop., 520. Houses, 115. There are market-gardens. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £600.* Patron, the Archbishop ofThe church was repaired in 1847. There is a Baptist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Staple Parish Eastry Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Staple |
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