Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OLDBURY

OLDBURY, a hamlet in Ightham parish, Kent; ½ a mile W of Ightham village. Oldbury Lodge is the seat of H. Martin, Esq. Oldbury Hill is crowned by a Roman camp of irregular form, enclosing about 137 acres, and defended by a single vallum.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ightham CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Oldbury

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