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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cheriton like this:
CHERITON, a parish in Elham district, Kent; on the coast, at Thorncliffe r. station, 2¾ miles W by N of Folkestone. It includes part of Sandgate village, and has a post office under Hythe. Acres, 1,861, of which 75 are water. Real property in 1860, £10, 498. Pop. in 1851, 1, 658; in 1861, 7, 434, -of whom 4, 204 were military in Shorncliffe camp. ...
Houses, 342. The increase of pop. arose from the establishing of Shorncliffe camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; and till 1867 was united with Newington. Value, £550.* Patron, the Rev. T. Brockman. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
Cheriton 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 Cheriton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cheriton, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/577
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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