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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described The Brents like this:
BRENT-TOWN, a village in Preston parish, Kent; in the vicinity of Faversham.
The Brents is now part of SWALE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SWALE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about The Brents itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of The Brents, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23349
Date accessed: 08th February 2026
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