A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ELMLEY (Isle of), a parish in Sheppey district, Kent; on the Swale, 1¾ mile E of the Sheerness railway, and 3½ SE by S of Queenborough. Post town, Milton, under Sittingbourne. Acres, 2, 341; of which 580 are water. Real property, £3, 709. Pop., 140. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. Much of the surface is marshy. There are a ferry on the Swale, and a coast-guard station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £340. Patron, Miss Robertson. The church is recent.
(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: | Elmley AP/CP Sheppey RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | ELMLEY | ELMLEY ISLE OF | ISLE OF ELMLEY |
| Place: | Elmley |
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