Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ACRISE

ACRISE, a parish in the Elham district, Kent; 5 miles NNW of Folkestone r. station. Post Town, Elham under Canterbury. Acres, 1,034. Real property, £1,196. Pop., 173. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £171* Patron, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. The church has a Norman chancelarch, and is very good. The East Kent hounds meet at Acrise; and a fair is held on 16 Oct. at Acrise Mill.


(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: Acrise AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Acrise

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