A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WOODNESBOROUGH, or Winsborough, a village and a parish in Eastry district, Kent. The village stands 1½ mile SW of Sandwich r. station, is believed to occupy the site of a Roman settlement, and has a post-office under Sandwich. The parish includes several villages, and comprises 2,944 acres. Real property, £8,801. Pop., 889. Houses, 189. The property is much sub-divided. Roman remains have been found near Statenborough; and many Saxon antiquities, on W.-Hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £450.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is good. Charities, £30.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Woodnesborough CP/AP Eastry RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | WINSBOROUGH | WOODNESBOROUGH | WOODNESBOROUGH OR WINSBOROUGH |
| Place: | Woodnesborough |
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