St Michaels, Kent

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St Michaels
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St Michaels
Location within Kent
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tenterden
Postcode district TN30 6
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51°05′10″N0°41′17″E / 51.086°N 0.688°E / 51.086; 0.688
Reader's bridge in St Michaels Reader's Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 397512.jpg
Reader's bridge in St Michaels

St Michaels is a village in the civil parish of Tenterden, in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. Before 1863 it was known as Boar's Isle or Boresisle. [1]

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References

  1. "Tenterden C of E - St. Michael & All Angels". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

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