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.
OLD-WIVES-LEES, or Oldwoods-Lees, a place in the N E of Kent; 4¼ miles S W of Canterbury. Anannual race, on 19 May, by young maids and bachelors, was instituted here by Sir D. Digges of Chilham.
(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: | Kent AncC |
| Place names: | OLD WIVES LEES | OLD WIVES LEES OR OLDWOODS LEES | OLDWOODS LEES |
| Place: | Old Wives Lees |
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