In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Headcorn like this:
HEADCORN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Hollingbourn district, Kent. The village stands on the river Beult, and on the Southeastern railway, 11 miles W by N of Ashford; consists chiefly of one wide straggling street; and has a post office‡ under Staplehurst, a railway station with telegraph, a hotel, a commodious town hall built in 1867, a weekly market on Wednesday, and a fair on 12 June. ...
The parish comprises 5, 011 acres. Real property, £6, 503. Pop., 1, 339. Houses, 291. The property is much subdivided. Some hops are grown; and bricks and tiles are made. An Augustinian priory was founded at Mottenden, in 1224, by Sir Robert de Rokesby; and was given, at the dissolution, to Lord Cromwell, -and, after his attainder, to Sir Anthony Aucher. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £294. * Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is decorated and later English; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and was restored in 1855. The churchyard has a very old oak, 40 feet in girth. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Unitarians, a national school, and charities £25.—The sub-district contains eight parishes. Acres, 18, 849. Pop., 5, 286. Houses, 1, 117.
Headcorn through time
Headcorn is now part of Maidstone district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maidstone has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Headcorn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Headcorn, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2074
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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