In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Adisham like this:
ADISHAM, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on the Dover railway, 6 miles SE of Canterbury. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Wingham under Sandwich. Acres, 1,815. Real property, £3,004. Pop., 492. Houses, 84. The manor was given in 616 to Christ Church, Canterbury; and is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; and, till 1864, was united with the p. curacy of Staple. Value, £750.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is cruciform, and early English, with a central tower. Charities, £20.
Adisham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Adisham, in Canterbury and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2024
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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