In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Calehill like this:
CALEHILL, a seat, a subdistrict, and a hundred in Kent. The seat is in Little Chart parish, 5 miles WNW of Ashford; and has belonged to the Darell family since the time of Henry IV. The subdistrict is in West Ashford district; and contains Little Chart parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 22,535. Pop., 5,311. Houses, 1,007. The hundred is in the lathe of Shepway, and conterminate with the subdistrict.
Calehill through time
Calehill is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Calehill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Calehill, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20696
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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