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SMEETH, a village and a parish in East Ashford district, Kent. The village stands near the Southeastern railway, 4½ miles ESE of Ashford; was once a market-town; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office under Ashford, and fairs on 13 May and 29 Sept. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ridgway, and comprises 1,611 acres. Real property, £2,968. Pop., 486. Houses, 113. The manor, with the Paddock, belongs to E. H. K. Hugessen, Esq. The living is a rectory. Value, £461.* The church is Norman. Charities, £38.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Smeeth Parish East Ashford Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Smeeth |
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