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[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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"KINGSDOWN, a hamlet in the parish of Ringwould, hundred of Cornilo, lathe of St. Augustine, county Kent, 2½ miles S. of Deal, and 1½ mile from Walmer, its post town. It is a coastguard and fishing station, and latterly has greatly improved. The inhabitants are principally employed in fishing. Here are traces of a Roman camp. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Canterbury, value £150, in the patronage of the trustees. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was built and endowed by the late W. Curling, Esq., who also built a residence for the clergyman. The same gentleman erected a National school in 1845, which was presented to the parish by Mrs. Curling."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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