Monks Horton
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Monks Horton is a small civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It is located 3 miles (5 km) north of Hythe. Within the civil parish are the hamlets of Horton and Broad Street. The parish is governed by a parish meeting, rather than a parish council, because of its small size. The name comes from there having been a medieval priory built here.[1]
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The population of the parish in 2001 was 95.[2]
In popular culture
Author Russell Hoban repurposes Monks Horton as "Monkeys Whoar Town" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker.[3]
References
- ^ 'Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of Monkshorton', in W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of Kent, Vol. 2 (VCH, London 1926), pp. 151-153 (British History Online accessed 23 October 2017).
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ "Places - Riddley Walker Annotations". Errorbar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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Towns and villages in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England
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- Acrise
- Arpinge
- Beachborough
- Bladbean
- Bodsham
- Breach
- Brenzett
- Brookland
- Burmarsh
- Cheriton
- Danton Pinch
- Densole
- Dymchurch
- Dungeness
- Elham
- Elmsted
- Etchinghill
- Folkestone
- Frogholt
- Greatstone-on-Sea
- Hawkinge
- Hythe
- Ivychurch
- Lade
- Littlestone-on-Sea
- Lydd
- Lydd-on-Sea
- Lyminge
- Lympne
- Monks Horton
- Newchurch
- Newingreen
- Newington
- New Romney
- Old Romney
- Paddlesworth
- Palmarsh
- Pedlinge
- Peene
- Postling
- Rhodes Minnis
- Saltwood
- Sandgate
- Sandling
- Sellindge
- Selsted
- Snargate
- Stanford
- Stelling Minnis
- St Mary in the Marsh
- St Mary's Bay
- Swingfield
- Westenhanger
- West Hythe
- Wingmore
51°7′13″N 1°1′15″E / 51.12028°N 1.02083°E / 51.12028; 1.02083
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