Description
Kingsnorth, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 2 1/2 miles S of Ashford station on the S.E.R., and has a post office under Ashford; telegraph office, Ashford. Acreage, 8247; population, 597. Part of the surface is marshland, part is woodland, and about 50 acres hop-garden. The Kent County Industrial School, situated here, was built in 1875 at a cost of £10, 000, and in 1882 it was considerably enlarged at a cost of nearly £7000; it now has acccommoda-tion for 200 boys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £350 with residence. The church is ancient.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
