Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUNSTAN (St.)

DUNSTAN (St.), a parish in Blean district, Kent; on the river Stour, and on the Canterbury and Whit-stable railway, ¼ of a mile NW of Canterbury. Post town, Canterbury. Acres, 365. Real property, £5, 955. Pop., 1, 520. Houses, 331. The property is much sub-divided. A number of new houses have been erected, and the Clergy Orphan asylum established, since 1851. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £120. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is very good; and there are charities £145. See Canterbury.


(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: St Dunstan CP/AP       Blean RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: DUNSTAN ST     |     ST DUNSTAN
Place: St Dunstan

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