Fordwich, Kent

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Fordwich is a village in Sturry, Kent

Other current and historical names

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

Fordwich in historic gazetteers

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

Fordwich, par., vil., and corporate member of the Cinque Port of Sandwich, E. Kent, on river Stour, 2 miles NE. of Canterbury -- par., 465 ac., pop. 228; corporate member, pop. 243. Fordwich is an ancient town, with a charter of time of Henry II. It gives the title of viscount to Earl Cowper.

Fordwich in the Domesday Book

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

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