Place:


Hurst  Kent

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hurst like this:

HURST, a parish in East Ashford district, Kent; on the Royal Military canal, and partly within Romney marsh, 2¾ miles S of Smeeth r. station, and 6½ SE of Ashford. Post town, Hythe, Kent. Acres, 459. Real property, £744. Pop., 51. Houses, 6. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £60. Patron, H. W. Carter, Esq. There is no church; and the inhabitants attend the church of Aldington.

Hurst through time

Hurst is now part of Ashford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ashford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hurst itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hurst, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4488

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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