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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horton like this:
HORTON, a hamlet or chapelry in Chartham parish, Kent; ½ a mile NE of Chartham village. Acres, 399. Horton Park is a meet for the East Kent hounds. The chapelry is annexed to Chartham rectory in the diocese of Canterbury,
Horton is now part of CANTERBURY District. Click here for graphs and data of how CANTERBURY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horton, in Canterbury and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26080
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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