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A vision of Britain through time
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HYTHE (WEST), a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; on the coast, 2¼ miles S of Westonhanger r. station, and 2½ W of Hythe. Post town, Hythe. Acres. 1, 423; of which 170 are water. Pop., 130. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. A village or town here was, more properly than Hythe, the original cinque port of Hythe; was a place of commerce and resort in the time of Edward the Confessor; and ceased to be a port and a town in consequence of the recession of the sea. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Lympne, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church has long been in ruins. property, £591. Pop., 69. Houses, 17. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | West Hythe CP/AP Romney Marsh RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | HYTHE | HYTHE WEST | WEST HYTHE |
| Place: | West Hythe |
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