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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… side of the Ashford road, adjoining to the manor of Esture and Godmersham, which was likewise part of those lands … belonged to the owners of this manor to defend and repair. ESTURE, vulgarly called Estower and Estuart, so called from … Knight's service, by a family of its own name. Stephen de Esture held it in the reign of king John, as did his …