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Also known as Bilsington, Kent

Bilsington is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village is about south of Ashford, on the B2067 road, Hamstreet to Hythe road north of the Royal Military Canal.

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Place details

Locality
Ashford
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Bilsington
UK place.static_image_name
St Peter and St Paul Bilsington 1.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Parish church of St Peter & St Paul
UK place.label_position
left
UK place.area_total_km2
11.12
UK place.population
302
UK place.population_ref
(2021 Census)
UK place.civil_parish
Bilsington
UK place.shire_district
Ashford
UK place.shire_county
Kent
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.country
England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Weald of Kent
UK place.post_town
ASHFORD
UK place.postcode_district
TN25
UK place.postcode_area
TN
UK place.dial_code
01233
UK place.os_grid_reference
TR0434

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Parish church
  • Priory
  • Royal Military Canal
  • Cosway monument
  • Amenities
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Bilsington is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village is about south of Ashford, on the B2067 road, Hamstreet to Hythe road north of the Royal Military Canal.

About of a quarter of the parish is wooded, along most of the northern slopes leading up to the escarpment of the High Weald. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 284.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bilsington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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