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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newchurch like this:
NEWCHURCH, a parish and a hundred in Kent. The parish is in Romney-Marsh district; and lies 2 miles S of the Military canal, 3¾ E S E of Ham-Street r. station, and 4½ N by W of New Romney. Post-town, New Romney, under Folkestone. Acres, 3, 122. Real property, £7, 924. Pop., 332. ...
Houses, 67. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £632.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with an embattled tower; and has very beautiful pillars within the aisles. There are a national school, and charities £25. The hundred is in Shepway lathe; and contains three parishes and part of another. Acres, 9, 410. Pop. in 1851, 1, 112. Houses, 213.
Newchurch 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 Newchurch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newchurch, in Folkestone and Hythe and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6291
Date accessed: 07th November 2025
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