A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOLWOOD HILL, a place in Keston parish, Kent; near the boundary with Surrey, 4 miles S by E of Bromley. The Roman station Noviomagus is thought, by some antiquaries, to have been here; a treble ditched Roman camp, about 2 miles in circuit, was here, and still partly exists; and Roman coins, bricks, tiles and warlike implements, remains of a Roman villa, and remains of a circular tomb or temple, 30 feet in diameter, have been found. Holwood House was the favourite seat of William Pitt; passed to the Wards; belongs now to Lord Cranworth; and is a beautiful place, with grounds laid out by Repton.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Keston CP/AP Kent AncC |
| Place: | Holwood |
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