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.
BURHAM, a parish in Malling district, Kent; on the river Medway, adjacent to the Maidstone railway, near Snodland station, 4½ miles NNW of Maidstone. It has a post office under Rochester. Acres, 1,737. Real property, £3,968; of which £659 are in quarries. Pop., 775. Houses, 137. The property is divided among a few. A quarry here, belonging to W. H. Benstead, Esq., forms a fine study of the lower chalk rocks, and is rich in fossils. Lime-works here send large supplies to London; and there are extensive pottery and cement works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £191. Patrons, Mary Anne Cubitt and others. The church is partly early English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £26.
(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: | Burham AP/CP Malling RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Burham |
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