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"SWALECLIFFE, a parish in the hundred of Bleangate, lathe of St. Augustine,
county Kent, 7 miles N. of Canterbury, its post town, and 2 E. of
Whitstable. The village is a coastguard station, situated on the Thames at
the East Swale's mouth. The village is interesting as having been once the
residence of William of Wykeham, whose mantelpiece is preserved in the old
parsonage house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury,
value £292. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, contains
monuments to the families of Loggin, Duncombe, and Wykeham. There is an
endowed school for ten free scholars."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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