Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOURMOUTH

STOURMOUTH, a parish, with a village, in Eastry district, Kent; on the river Stour at the influx of the Lesser Stour, 1½ mile E by S of Grove-Ferry r. station, and 5 NW of Sandwich. It has a post-office under Sandwich. Acres, 878. Real property, £2,607. Pop., 294. Houses, 62. The manor belongs to the Rev. J. Hilton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient. Charities, £18.


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

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

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