Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WROTHAM

WROTHAM, a small town, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Kent. The town stands at the foot of chalk hills, 6 miles EN E of Sevenoaks r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Broteham; is supposed to date from the time of the ancient Britons; was given, by Athelstane, to Christchurch, Canterbury; had a palace of the Archbishops, now represented by only a few offices; suffered devastation by the Isleys and their party, in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion; was formerly a market-town; and now has a post-office‡ under Sevenoaks, a banking office, a good inn, a market on the fifth Tuesday of every month which has a fifth Tuesday, and a fair on 4 May.—The parish includes several hamlets, and comprises 8,878 acres. Real property, £11,873. Pop. in 1851, 3,184; in 1861, 3,336. Houses, 650. The property is much subdivided. There are several good residences. W. hill, near the town, command s a superb view. The Isleys and their party were routed at Blacksole Field. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £1,000.* Patron, the Archbishop. The church is partly early English, and was restored in 1863. The rectory of Plaxtole, the vicarage of Platt, and the vicarage of Woodland s are separate benefices. There are a Baptist chapel, national schools, alms houses with £168 a year, and other charities £17.—The sub-district contains 6 parishes, and is in Malling district. Acres, 16,183. Pop, 5,857. Houses, 1,143.-The hundred contains 4 parishes, and is in Aylesford lathe. Acres, 15,280. Pop. in 1851, 5,187. Houses, 1,017.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small town, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Wrotham AP/CP       Wrotham Hundred       Wrotham SubD       Kent AncC
Place names: BROTEHAM     |     WROTHAM
Place: Wrotham

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