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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westenhanger like this:
WESTENHANGER, a r. station and a quondam parish in the SE of Kent. The station is on the Southeastern railway, 2½ miles NW of Hythe; and serves for Hythe. The quondam parish lies around the station; and retains a remarkable fragment of a moated, fortified, 13th century, manorial seat, which belonged to the Aubervilles, and passed to the Criolls, the Poynings, the Smiths, and the Champneis. Queen Elizabeth visited the seat in 1573.
Westenhanger is now part of FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE District. Click here for graphs and data of how FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westenhanger itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westenhanger, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24523
Date accessed: 16th December 2025
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