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[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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"BASTED, a hamlet in the parish and hand, of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, in the county of Kent, 10 miles to the W. of Maidstone."
"CLACKETT CROSS, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, Aylesford lathe, in the county of Kent, 6 miles N.E. of Sevenoaks."
"COMP GREAT, a township in the parish of Wrotham, in the county of Kent, 3 miles S.E. of Wrotham. In the vicinity is Mereworth Wood."
"CROUCH, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford in the county of Kent, 3 miles S. of Wrotham, and 4½ N.E. of Sevenoaks. There is a place of the same name in the county of Herts, 3 miles N.E. of Luton."
"DUNKS-GREEN, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, in the county of Kent, 6 miles N.E. of Maidstone."
"HALE, a township in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 3 miles S. of Wrotham."
"NEPICAR, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 1 mile S.E. of Wrotham, and 6 miles N.E. of Maidstone."
"PLATT, a chapelry in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 5 miles N.E. of Sevenoaks, its post town. It is situated under the chalk hills, near the line of the London and South Eastern railway. The land is partly in hop grounds. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Canterbury, value £400, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A National school for both sexes was erected here in 1845."
"PLAXTOL, a chapelry in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 4 miles E. of Sevenoaks, its post town, 6 N. of Tonbridge, and 5 S.W. of Wrotham. It is situated under the chalk hills, near the line of the South Eastern railway. The living is a perpetual curacy,* value £400, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is an ancient edifice."
"ROUGHWRAY, a township in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 5 miles S.E. of Wrotham."
"WINFIELD, a township in the parish and hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, county Kent, 3 miles S. of Wrotham."
"WOODLANDS ST. MARY, a hamlet and ecclesiastical district in the parishes of Wrotham and Shoreham, county Kent, 3 miles N. of Wrotham, and 8 N.E. of Sevenoaks. It has recently been formed into a district chapelry for ecclesiastical purposes, and comprises a portion of the woodlands of Shoreham. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Canterbury, value £70, in the patronage of the Rector of Wrotham. The church has been recently built at the cost of Mr. R. Vincent, of Woodlands manor. There is a National school.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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