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BROOMFIELD, a parish in Hollingbourn district, Kent; on an affluent of the Medway, 6 miles ESE of Maidstone r. station. Post Town, Leeds, under Maidstone. Acres, 1,430. Real property, £1,431. Pop., 150. Houses, 25. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Leeds, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is good. A fair is held on 16th May.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Broomfield Ch/CP Hollingbourne RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
Place: | Broomfield |
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