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
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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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