In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitfield like this:
WHITFIELD, a parish in Dover district, Kent; 2 miles NNE of Ewell r. station, and 3½ N by W of Dover. It has a post-office under Dover. Acres, 893. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 264. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £150. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.
Whitfield through time
Whitfield is now part of Dover district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dover has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitfield, in Dover and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6479
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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