Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHIPSTEAD

CHIPSTEAD, a village 2¾ miles NW of Sevenoaks, in Kent. It has a post office under Sevenoaks. Chipstead Place, adjacent, belonged to the Cranmers and the Herrys; and passed to the Polhills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place: Chipstead

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