Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FAWKHAM

FAWKHAM, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; adjacent to the Mid Kent railway, 2¾ miles W of Meopham r. station, and 5½ SE of Dartford. It has a post office under Dartford. Acres, 1, 195. Real property, £1, 700. Pop., 233. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £252.* Patron, alternately P. Pusey, Esq. and T.Adams, Esq. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fawkham CP/AP       Dartford RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Fawkham

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