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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PEMBURY, a village and a parish in Tunbridge district, Kent. The village stands 3 miles S E of Tunbridge r. station, and has a post-office‡ under Tunbridge. The parish contains also the hamlet of Lower P. Green, and comprises 3, 481 acres. Real property, £6, 308. Pop.in 1851, 1, 114; in 1861, 1, 257. Houses, 265. The manor belongs to Marquis Camden. Kennards is the seat of Sir JohnK. Shaw, Bart.; and Grovehurst, of H. G. W. Sperling, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Trinity, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £353. Patron, the Rev. G. S. Woodgate. The parish church stands about 1½ milefrom the village, includes Norman portions, and contains several very old and curious monuments. Trinity churchstands in the S; was erected recently, at a cost of about £2, 500; and is in the later English style, with tower and spire. There are a national school, alms-houses, and charities £70.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pembury AP/CP Tonbridge RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Pembury |
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