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.
OXNEY, a hundred in Shepway lathe, Kent; at the boundary with Sussex, and adjacent to the Canterbury and Hastings railway, 1¾ mile S S W of Appledore. Itforms a sort of island, 6 miles long and 3 miles broad, engirt by branches of the river Rother; comprises the parishes of Stone, Ebony, and Wittersham; and is famousfor its fertile cattle-feeding marshes. Acres, 8, 852. Pop. in 1861, 1, 483. Houses, 289.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Oxney |
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