Description
Woodchurch, a parish, with an ancient village, in Kent, 4 miles NW of Appledore station on the S.E.R., and 7 SW of Ashford. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ashford. Acreage, 7002; population, 1179. Hengherst is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £430 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is a handsome building of stone in the Early English style, and contains some ancient monuments. There are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
