In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Axton like this:
AXTON, a hundred in the lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. It contains the parish of Ash and sixteen other parishes. Acres, 34,139. Pop. in 1851, 9,869. Houses, 1,852.
Axton through time
Axton is now part of Sevenoaks district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sevenoaks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Axton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Axton, in Sevenoaks and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26153
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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