In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Etchinghill like this:

ECLING-HILL, or Etching-Hill, a village in the SE of Kent; on the Roman road to Canterbury, 3 miles N by E of Hythe.

Etchinghill through time

Etchinghill 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 Etchinghill itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Etchinghill, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26479

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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