Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARDRES (LOWER)

HARDRES (LOWER), a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on Stane-street, 3 miles ESE of Chartham r. station, and 3¼ S of Canterbury. Post-town, Canterbury. Acres, 1,176. Real property, £1,949. Pop., 233. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £317. Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1831; is in the early English style; and comprises nave and chancel, with a spire. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lower Hardres AP/CP       Bridge RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: HARDRES     |     HARDRES LOWER     |     LOWER HARDRES
Place: Lower Hardres

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