A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
COOLING, or Cowling, a parish in Hoo district, Kent; on the Thames, 3¼ miles NE of Higham r. station, and 5 N of Rochester. Post town, Cliffe, under Rochester. Acres, 1, 544. Real property, £3, 386. Pop., 121. Houses, 22. The manor belonged to Duke Eadulf; and went to the Cobhams. A moated castle, of square form, with machicolated gateway, flanked by two round towers, was built here in the time of Richard II.; and sustained a siege by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the time of Queen Mary. The gatehouse still stands in tolerable preservation; and other parts, after having become ruinous, were converted into a farm-house. A tract of marsh extends from the vicinity of the castle to the Thames. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £600. Patron, Rev. T. A. Hooper. . The church is ancient, with a tower, and has a double piscina and a brass of 1508.
(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: | Cooling CP/AP Hoo RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | COOLING | COOLING OR COWLING | COWLING |
| Place: | Cooling |
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