Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PADDLESWORTH, or Palsworth

PADDLESWORTH, or Palsworth, a parish in Elham district, Kent; 3½ miles N W of Folkestone r.station. Post-town, Hythe, Kent. Acres, 349. Real property, £494. Pop., 57. Houses, 9. The manor belongs to Mr. D. Brice. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Lyminge, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church stands on high ground, is Norman, and has interesting N and S doors.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Paddlesworth CP/AP       Elham RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: PADDLESWORTH     |     PADDLESWORTH OR PALSWORTH     |     PALSWORTH
Place: Paddlesworth

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