Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTBERE

WESTBERE, a parish in Blean district, Kent; 1 mile ENE of Sturry r. station, and 3½ NE by E of Canterbury. Post town, Canterbury. Acres, 1,185. Real property, £2,481. Pop., 220. Houses, 44. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £223.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westbere AP/CP       Blean RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Westbere

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