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BRABOURNE, two villages, a parish, and a subdistrict in East Ashford district, Kent. The villages are East Brabourne and Brabourne-Lees. East Brabourne stands 3 miles NNE of Smeath r. station, and 6 E of Ashford; has a post office under Ashford; and was once a market-town. Brabourne-Lees is a mile to the west; and also has a post office under Ashford.—The parish comprises 3,499 acres. Real property, £4,697. Pop., 743. Houses, 165. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to Aymer de Valence; and passed to the Scotts and the Honeywoods. Much of the land is cold wet clay. Large barracks stood near BrabourneLees, but have been removed. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Monks-Horton, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £320. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English; contains monuments of the Scotts; and is in good condition. A yew stood in the churchyard in Evelyn's time, 59 feet in girth. There are two Baptist chapels, and charities £8.-The subdistrict contains seven parishes. Acres, 11,035. Pop., 4,032. Houses, 794.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two villages, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brabourne CP/AP Brabourne SubD East Ashford RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
| Place: | Brabourne |
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