Place:


Woodchurch  Kent

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodchurch like this:

WOODCHURCH, a parish, with an ancient village, in Tenterden district, Kent; 4 miles NW of Appledore r. station, and 7 SW of Ashford. It has a post-office‡ under Staplehurst. Acres, 6,949. Real property, £7,806. Pop., 1,262. Houses, 248. The property is much sub-divided. Henhurst is the seat of Mrs. Schreiber. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £613.* Patron, the Archbishop. The church is early English, and was restored in 1848 and 1857. There are two dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £39.

Woodchurch through time

Woodchurch is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodchurch itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodchurch, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6493

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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