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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.
BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Faversham district, Kent. The village stands on the edge of Blean forest, 3 ½ miles SE of Faversham r. station; and has a post office,‡ of the name of Broughton, under Faversham, and a fair on the Monday after 29 June.—The parish comprises 2,353 acres. Real property, £8,904. Pop., 1,624. Houses, 323. The property is subdivided. Nash Court, then held by the Hawkinses, who were Roman Catholics, was demolished by a mob in 1715, and rebuilt in 1766. Boughton House is the seat of the Laggs. Boughton Hill, adjacent to the village, commands an extensive and brilliant view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church comprises nave, aisle, three chancels, and a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £74.-The hundred is in the lathe of Scray; and comprises four parishes. Acres, 11,354. Pop., 2,930. Houses. 581.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Boughton under Blean CP/AP Boughton under Blean Hundred Faversham RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Boughton under Blean |
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