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

BLACKMANSTONE, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; 5 miles ESE of Ham-street r. station. Post-stown, New Romney. Acres, 293. Real property, £825. Pop., 8. Houses, 2. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £44. Patron, the Archbishop.

Blackmanstone through time

Blackmanstone 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 Blackmanstone itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2844

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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