Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WICKHAMBREUX

WICKHAMBREUX, a parish, with a village, in Bridge district, Kent; 2½ miles NE of Bekesbourne r. station, and 4½ E by N of Canterbury. It has a post-office under Sandwich. Acres, 2,310. Real property, £5,647. Pop., 461. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £790.* Patron, Admiral G. H. D'Aeth. The church is good; and there are a parochial school and charities £8.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wickhambreaux AP/CP       Bridge RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Wickhambreaux

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