Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kennet

Kennet, par. and ry. sta., in SE. of Cambridgeshire, 6½ miles NE. of Newmarket, 1425 ac., pop. 174; P.O.; was the headquarters of Fairfax's army in 1647; contains the seat of Kennet Hall.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kennett AP/CP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Kennett

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