A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SIBBERTSWOLD, Shebbertswould, or Shepherdswell, a parish, with a village, in Dover district, Kent; on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, 6 miles NW by N of Dover. It has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office under Dover, both of the name of Shepherdswell. Acres, 1,836. Real property, £2,385. Pop., 411. Houses, 76. The property is divided among a few. The railway here traverses a tunnel 1½ mile long. There are Roman entrenchments in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage, united with Coldred, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £255.* Patron, the Archbishop ofThe church is a pleasing structure; and there is a national school.
(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: | Sibertswold CP/AP Dover RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | SHEBBERTSWOULD | SHEPHERDSWELL | SIBBERTSWOLD | SIBBERTSWOLD SHEBBERTSWOULD OR SHEPHERDSWELL |
| Place: | Shepherdswell |
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