Place:


Fordcombe  Kent

 
Ordnance Survey First Series map -- click to enlarge

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fordcombe like this:

FORDCOMB-GREEN, a hamlet in Penshurst parish, Kent; 4 miles W of Tunbridge-Wells. It has a post office under T-W., a chapel of ease, and a paper-mill.

Fordcombe through time

Fordcombe is now part of Sevenoaks district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sevenoaks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fordcombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fordcombe, in Sevenoaks and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23340

Date accessed: 26th April 2024

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