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Shorne, Kent

Historical Description

Shorne, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Higham station on the S.E.R., and 3½ SE of Gravesend, and has a post and money order office under Gravesend; telegraph office, Cobham. The parish includes Thong and Shorne Ifield hamlets. Acreage, 3234; population, 858. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Shorne Manor belonged anciently to the Crown, and belongs now to the. Earl of Darnley. Roundall Manor belonged to the Northwoods, and passed to the Savages, the Nevills, the Cobhams, and others. Court Lodge and Pipes Place are chief residences. An eminence in the S commands a very extensive view of the basin of the Thames. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; net value, £240. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is chiefly Decorated and Perpendicular, and has been well restored. There are Wesleyan. and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishShorne St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredShamwell 
LatheAylesford 
Poor Law unionNorth Aylesford 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Shorne from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictGravesham
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtDA12
Post TownGravesend

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