Burmarsh

Burmarsh
All Saints church
Burmarsh is located in Kent
Burmarsh
Burmarsh
Location within Kent
Population330 [1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRomney Marsh
Postcode districtTN29
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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51°02′56″N 0°59′46″E / 51.049°N 0.996°E / 51.049; 0.996

Burmarsh is a village[2] and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. The village is located three miles (4.8 km) west of Hythe on the Romney Marsh. The Burmarsh Road connects the village to the once fully operating Burmarsh Road train station. The closest major settlement is Folkestone which is a minimum of 9.5 mile car journey.

In the 1870s Burmarsh was described by John Marius Wilson as:

"...a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; on the coast, adjacent to the Military canal... Acres, 1,796. Real property, £4,612. Pop., 170. Houses, 32."[3]

Burmarsh Kent as seen in 1945
  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ Burmarsh: The Fortress in the Marsh? Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetter of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.