DUNKIRK-VILLE, a liberty (extra-parochial), in
the hundred of WESTGATE, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE,
county of KENT, 5 miles (W. by isr.) from Canterbury,
containing 543 inhabitants. This was anciently the
royal forest of Bleane; it consists of a large tract, containing
about five thousand acres, mostly covered with
coppices, interspersed with farm-houses and cottages.