A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COWDEN, a parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent; on a headstream of the Medway river, at the boundary with Sussex, 4½ miles SSE of Edenbridge r. station, and 7½ W of Tunbridge Wells. It has a post office under Edenbridge, and a fair on 2 Aug. Acres, 3, 232. Real property, £3, 694. Pop., 772. Houses, 131. The property is much subdivided. Iron ore occurs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £347.* Patron, the Rev. T. Harvey. The church is old but good, and has a shingled spire. The p. curacy of Mark-Beech is a separate benefice. There are five alms-houses.
(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: | Cowden CP/AP Sevenoaks RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Cowden |
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