Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brenzett like this:

BRENZETT, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; 2 miles SE by E of Appledore r. station, and 4¼ WNW of New Romney. Post Town, Appledore, under Staplehurst. Acres, 1,802. Real property, £5,153. Pop., 270. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £94. Patron, the Rev. W. Brockman. The church belonged anciently to Guisnes Abbey in Artois; has some Norman portions; and is in good condition. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Brenzett by doing a full-text search here.

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Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Brenzett within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
William Cobbett	Aug. 30th to Sept. 1st, 1823: Sussex and Kent	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Aloesbridge	0	2
Snargate	1	2
Snave	0	2
Ivychurch	0	3
Brookland	0	2
Fairfield	0	2
Old Romney	4	3
Romney Marsh	0	2
Appledore	8	2
Warehorne	0	2
Kenardington	0	2
Midley	0	2
Ham Street	0	3
Ham	0	2
Hope	0	2
Newchurch	0	3
Orlestone	0	2
Cinque Ports	0	2
Ruckinge	0	2
Bilsington	0	2