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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Acrise like this:
ACRISE, a parish in the Elham district, Kent; 5 miles NNW of Folkestone r. station. Post Town, Elham under Canterbury. Acres, 1,034. Real property, £1,196. Pop., 173. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £171* Patron, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. The church has a Norman chancelarch, and is very good. The East Kent hounds meet at Acrise; and a fair is held on 16 Oct. at Acrise Mill.
Acrise is now part of FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE District. Click here for graphs and data of how FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Acrise itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Acrise, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2023
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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