A vision of Britain through time
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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.
SOUTHFLEET, a village and a parish in Dartford district, Kent. The village stands near Watling-street, 3 miles SW of Gravesend r. station; originated in the Roman station Vagniacæ, on Watling-street; was known at Domesday as Suthfleta; took that name and its present one from a flete or creek, which came to it from the Thames at Northfleet, but is now shut out by an embankment; is much frequented by visitors; and has a post-office under Gravesend. The parish contains also the hamlets of Betsam and Westwood, and the gardens of Spring-Head, famous for water-cresses. Acres, 2,340. Real property, £4,856. Pop., 717. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few. Many Roman relics, including a milestone, a sarcophagus, earthen vessels, glass urns, trinkets, and coins, have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £789.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church is decorated English. There is an endowed school with £20 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Southfleet AP/CP Dartford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | SOUTHFLEET | SUTHFLETA |
| Place: | Southfleet |
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