A vision of Britain through time
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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.
PATRIXBOURNE, a parish, with a village, in Bridge district, Kent; on an affluent of the river Stour, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, adjacent to Bekesbourne station, 3 miles S E by E of Canterbury. Post-town, Canterbury. Acres, 1, 637. Real property, £3, 583. Pop., 228. Houses, 48. The manor was held, at Domesday, by Bishop Odo; was given, in 1200, to Beanlieu abbey, in Normandy, in connection with a cell to that abbey founded then at the church; passed to Merton abbey; went, after the Reformation, to the Says and others; passed to the Cheyneys; and, with Bifrons mansion, belongs now to the Marquis of Conyngham. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Bridge, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £350.* Patron, the Marquis of Conyngham. The church is Norman; consists of nave, aisles, and two chancels, with tower and spire; has three E circular headed windows, with a finerose wheel; was restored interiorly in 1857: and contains a handsome carved altar-piece, and a fine marble monument to the late Marquis of Conyngham.
(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: | Patrixbourne AP/CP Bridge RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Patrixbourne |
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