Wrotham, Kent

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Wrotham is a village in Kent

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wrotham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wrotham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wrotham.-- town and par. with ry. sta., Kent, 6 miles NE. of Sevenoaks, 8883 ac., pop. 3296; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Wrotham stands at the foot of the chalk hills, and is a very ancient place, known at Domesday as Broteham, and possessing relics of an old palace of the archbishops of Canterbury. The church is Early English, and was restored in 1843. The high road from London to Tunbridge passes through Wrotham. Some fine residences are in vicinity. The entire par. is a local government district.

Wrotham in the Domesday Book

A village in Wrotham hundred, in the county of Kent.

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