Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHADOXHURST

SHADOXHURST, a parish, with a village, in West Ashford district, Kent; 4 miles S W by S of Ashford r.station. Post-town, Ashford. Acres, 1, 932. Real property, £1, 419. Pop., 194. Houses, 42. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £109. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.


(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: Shadoxhurst Parish       West Ashford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Kent Ancient County
Place: Shadoxhurst

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