Preston
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Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish. It became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1894 was divided into 2 civil parishes: Preston Within and Preston Without. Both civil parishes were absorbed into Faversham in 1935. In 1891 the parish had a population of 2374. On Ordnance Survey maps, a south-eastern area of the town is labelled Preston.
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It sits within the topics Faversham, Former civil parishes in Kent and Populated places in Kent.
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- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Faversham
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- St Catherine's Church, Preston next Faversham, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 769263.jpg
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Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish. It became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1894 was divided into 2 civil parishes: Preston Within and Preston Without. Both civil parishes were absorbed into Faversham in 1935. In 1891 the parish had a population of 2374. On Ordnance Survey maps, a south-eastern area of the town is labelled Preston.
The ecclesiastical parish remains. The Grade II* listed parish church of St Catherine is of Norman origin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Preston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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