In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alkham like this:
ALKHAM, a parish in Dover district, Kent; 3 miles SW of Ewell r. station, and 4 W of Dover. Post Town, Ewell under Dover. Acres, 3,200. Real property, £3,567. Pop., 520. Houses, 102. The property is much subdivided. A nailbourne here breaks out occasionally with such "store of water as would carry a vessel of considerable burden." The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Capel-le-Ferne, in the diocese of Canterbury. ...
Value, £152. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly Norman, partly early English, and in very good condition. Reindein House, contiguous to Alkham, is extra-parochial.
Alkham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alkham, in Dover and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4943
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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