Ashford, Kent

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Ashford is a town in Ashford (Ashford), Kent

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ashford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ashford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ashford, par. and market town, E. Kent, on the South-Eastern Ry., on river Stour, 14 miles SW. of Canterbury and 54 miles SE. of London by rail, 2850 ac., pop. 9693; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tues. and Sat. The town has mfrs. of damask and linen.

Ashford in the Domesday Book

A village in Longbridge hundred, in the county of Kent.

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