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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SHORNE, a village and a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Higham r. station, and 3¼ SE of Gravesend; and has a post-office under Gravesend. The parish includes Thong hamlet, and bears the name of Shorne and Merston. Acres, 3,214; of which 165 are water. Real property, £7,417. Pop., 963. Houses, 184. S. manor belonged anciently to the Crown, and belongs now to Earl Darnley. Roundall manor belonged to the Northwoods; and passed to the Savages, the Nevills, the Cobhams, and others. Court Lodge and Pipes Place are chief residences. An eminence in the S commands a very extensive view of the basin of the Thames. A small battery, formed in 1796, is in the marshes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £358. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of R. The church is chiefly decorated English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £64.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shorne AP/CP Strood RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Shorne |
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