Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILLENDEN

CHILLENDEN, a parish in Eastry district, Kent; 2¾ miles ENE of Adisham r. station, and 6½ W of Deal. Post town, Goodnestone, under Sandwich. Acres, 196. Pop., 127. Houses, 29. The parish gave name to a famous prior of Canterbury, who died in 1411. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £130.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church belonged to the priory of Leeds; and is a very small late. Norman structure, with E. perpendicular windows.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chillenden AP/CP       Eastry RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Chillenden

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