Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Staplehurst

Staplehurst, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Kent - par., 5897 ac., pop. 1637; vil., 8 miles S. of Maidstone; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Staplehurst Place, seat. Staplers Heath, sandy ridge, Isle of Wight, 1½ mile E. of Newport; commands a magnificent view.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Staplehurst AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Staplehurst

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