Searching for "WEST HYTHE"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    CANTERBURY Kent
    Surrey    		 West-Wickham, and Wilmington; and the p. curacies of Bexley-Heath, Bromley, Trinity-Bromley, Sidcup, St. Mary-Cray, Crocken-Hill, Southend-Croyden, Broadgreen-Croyden, Croyden-Common, Norwood-Croyden, South Norwood-Croyden, Shirley-Croyden, Downe, Farnborough, and Lamorbey. The deanery of North Malling includes the rectories of Addington, Allington, Barming, Ditton, Hunton, Leybourne, Mereworth, Netthestead, West Barming, Offham, West Peckham, and Trotterscliffe; the vicarages of Birling, East Farleigh, West Farleigh, Hadlow, East Malling, West Malling, East Peckham, Ryarsh, Teston, Wateringbury, and Yalding; the p. curacies of New Hythe Imperial
    COLCHESTER Essex west and the north by deep ditches. The walls have been mostly destroyed; but portions are kept in repair by private owners; and these consist of stone and Roman brick, with a strong cement, and are usually from 7 to 8 feet thick. The principal street, within the ancient area, runs nearly east and west, and contains many fine shops and respectable houses; while other streets there show a large amount of antique character. The portions beyond the line of the walls are very irregularly disposed. A long suburban street, to the east, leads to the Hythe Imperial
    FOLKESTONE Kent west cliff, over-topping all the town; has an interesting early English chancel, with very high pitched roof; lost great part of its nave by a storm in 1705; presents a defaced appearance in consequence of only a portion of the nave having been built; has a tower, between the nave and the chancel; and contains a later English font, a late decorated altar-tomb to one of the Fiennes family, a monument of the 17th century to John Herdson, and a brass to Joan Harvey, the mother of Dr. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood. Christ Imperial
    HYTHE Kent Acres, 15, 209. Pop., 5, 743. Houses, 1, 132.-The hundred contains only Hythe and West Hythe parishes, and is conterminate with Hythe m. borough. Imperial
    Hythe, West Kent Hythe, West , coast par., E. Kent, mostly in bor. of Hythe, 1137 ac. (12 water) and 81 foreshore, pop. 138. Bartholomew
    HYTHE (WEST) Kent HYTHE (WEST) , a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; on the coast, 2¼ miles S of Westonhanger r. station Imperial
    KENT Kent Hythe, Maidstone, Margate, Sandwich, and Tenterden. It is distributed, for militia purposes, into the subdivisions of Ashford, Bearsted, Blackheath, Bromley, Canterbury, Cranbrook, Dartford, Elham, Faversham, Hone, Malling, Ramsgate, Rochester, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge, Tunbridge-Wells, and Wingham, and the Cinque Ports jurisdiction. It was cut, for parliamentary representation, by the act of 1832, into two divisions, East and West Imperial
    LONDON London
    London    		 Hythe, 461; St. Johnthe-Baptist, Walbrook, 132; St. John-the-Evangelist, 27; St. John-Zachary, 132; St. Katherine-Coleman, 444; St. Katherine-Cree, 1,794; St. Lawrence, Jewry, 410; St. Lawrence, Pountney, 233; St. Leonard, Eastcheap, 111; St. Leonard, Foster-lane, 297; St. Magnus-theMartyr, 197; St. Margaret, Lothbury, 164; St. Margaret, Moses, 137; St. Margaret, New Fish-street, 317; St. Margaret, Pattens, 103; St. Martin, Ludgate, 1,080; St. Martin, Orgars, 296; St. Martin, Outwich, 165; St. Martin, Pomroy, 185; St. Martin, Vintry, 244; St. Mary, Abchurch, 264; St. Mary, Aldermanbury, 443; St. Mary, Aldermary, 232; St. Mary Imperial
    LYMPNE Kent Hythe, was long the place where the lord warden of the Cinque ports was sworn in, and where his courts were held. The neighbourhood of the village commands a very fine seaward view. The parish contains also the hamlet of Court-at-Street, and comprises 2,658 acres. Post town, Hythe, Kent. Real property, £5,228. Pop., 540. Houses, 115. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of West Imperial
    MALLING (EAST) Kent West Malling. The chapel of New Hythe stands between New Hythe and Larkfield; and is a small building, with attached Imperial
    ROMNEY-MARSH Kent
    Sussex    		 Hythe and the boundary with Sussex; is divided into the sub-districts of New Romney and Lydd; and contains the parishes of West Imperial
    STOUR (The) Kent Hythe; running west-north-westward to Ashford; going thence northwest ward, past Canterbury, to Stourmouth; and proceeding thence, first eastward Imperial
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