A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEALD, a chapelry, with a village, in Sevenoaks parish, Kent; on the edge of the Weald, 2½ miles S of Sevenoaks r. station. It has a post-office under Sevenoaks. Pop. in 1851, 963; in 1861, 824. Houses, 160. Riverhill House, St. Julian's, and Beechmont are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £90.* Patron, the Rector of Sevenoaks. The church was built in 1820. There are national schools and alms houses.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sevenoaks AP/CP Kent AncC |
| Place: | Sevenoaks Weald |
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