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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Orgarswick like this:
ORGARSWICK, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; in Romney marsh, 3½ miles E S E of Ham-street r. station, and 4 N by E of New Romney. Post-town, Dymchurch, under Folkestone. Acres, 392. Real property, £1, 189. Pop., 10. House, 1. The property is divided among a few. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £39. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. There is nochurch.
Orgarswick 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 Orgarswick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Orgarswick, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6303
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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