Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MONKTON

MONKTON, a village and a parish in Thanet district, Kent. The village stands near the Canterbury and Ramsgate railway, 1¼ mile N of the river Stour, 2 WNW of Minster r. station, and 6½ W of Ramsgate; was once a market town; is a scattered place; and has a post office under Ramsgate, and fairs on 22 July and 11 Oct. The parish comprises 2,346 acres. Real property, £5,556. P op., 374. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given in 916, by Queen Ediva, t o Christ Church, Canterbury, "to feed the monks. ''A fishery and a saltern were here at Domesday. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacies of Birchington and Acol, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £670.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is ancient but good, with a tower; includes fragments of all architectural periods; appears, from exterior arches in the N wall, to have once been larger than now; and contains a very fine brass of a priest of 1450. There are a national school, and charities £20.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monkton AP/CP       Thanet RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Monkton

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