Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Downe, or Down

Downe, or Down, par. and vil., W. Kent, 5½ milea SE. of Bromley, 1652 ac., pop. 555; P.O. called Down; contains the seat of Down House.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Downe CP/Ch       Kent AncC
Place names: DOWN     |     DOWNE     |     DOWNE OR DOWN
Place: Downe

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