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Brabourne is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Elham.  The church is named for St. Mary with registers commencing 1558.

Brabourne, two villages, a parish and a sub-district in East Ashford district, Kent.  The villages are East Brabourne and Brabourne Lees.  East Brabourne stands 3 miles north-north-east of Smeeth rail station, and 6 miles east of Ashford;  has a post office under Ashford;  and was once a market town.  Brabourne Lees is a mile to the west;  and also has a post office under Ashford.  The parish comprises 3,499 acres.  Real property in 1860, £4,697.  Population in 1861, 743.  Houses, 165.  The property is much subdivided.

The manor belonged to Aymer de Valence;  and passed to the Scotts and the Honeywoods.  Much of the land is cold wet clay.  Large barracks stood near Brabourne Lees, but have been removed.

The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Monks Horton, in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £320.  Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The church is early English;  contains monuments of the Scotts;  and is in good condition.  A yew stood in the church yard in Evelyn’s time, 59 feet in girth.

There are two Baptist chapels and charities £8.

The sub-district contains seven parishes.  Acres, 11,035.  Population in 1861, 4,032.  Houses, 794.^1
1John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales.  (London, England:  A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

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• Pigot's Directory of Kent, 1824
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• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1913. [Part 1: County & Localities]
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