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.
HARTY (ISLE OF), a parish in Sheppey district, Kent; on the Swale, 4 miles N by E of Faversham r. station. Post town, Queensborough, under Sittingbourne. Acres, 3, 488; of which 860 are water. Real property, £4, 120. Pop. in 1851, 118; in 1861, 159. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. The greater part of the land belongs to the families of Hilton, Munn, and Ridley. The parish once was an island; but now is separated from the rest of Sheppey by only a broad ditch. Part of the land is high; much is romantic; and many points command picturesque views. Game abounds on the land; and oyster beds are in the Swale. Traces of Roman occupation have been found; and there are many tumuli, of uncertain origin. A ferry, about 2 miles wide at high water, connects the parish with Oare. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Leysdown, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is ancient but good; belonged once to the Benedictine priory of Davington; and contains a curious oak chest, of decorated character, representing a tilt between two knights.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Harty CP/AP Sheppey RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place names: | HARTY | HARTY ISLE OF | ISLE OF HARTY |
| Place: | Harty |
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