In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kennington like this:
KENNINGTON, a village and a parish in East Ashford district, Kent. The village stands near the Ashford and Canterbury railway and the river Stour, 2 miles NNE of Ashford; and has a post office, of the name of Kennington-Street, under Ashford, and a fair on 5 July. The parish comprises 1, 380 acres. ...
Real property, £3, 948. Pop., 567. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few. There are brick and tile works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £211.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave and three chancels, with tower and small beacon turret: and is good. There is a free school.
Kennington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kennington, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2081
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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