In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Snargate like this:
SNARGATE, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; 1½ mile SE of Appledore r. station, and 6 WNW of New Romney. Post town, Brookland, under Folkestone. Acres, 1,591. Real property, £3,763. Pop., 71. Houses, 15. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with Snave, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £230. Patron, the Archbishop ofThe church is early English and good.
Snargate through time
Snargate is now part of Shepway district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shepway has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Snargate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Snargate, in Shepway and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6399
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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