In common with most of this region the history of Downe reaches down the centuries to the days of the Romans and William the Conqueror...
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A walk around the village reveals a riot of attractive 17th and 18th century cottages all standing on a rise surrounded by pretty flower-filled gardens...
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This is a small town in the Darent Valley. Way back in the mists of history it was thought to be an important town, but is now not much bigger than a large village. It is.....
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The attractive suburb of Eltham is part of the urban sprawl of Greater London...
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Fascinating village, owned by the National Trust which is crammed with beautiful properties from the 16th and 17th-century probably built with iron-industry money...
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The might of british sea-power and the historic town of Greenwich are inseparable. Two famous English sea-faring vessels are here, one is the Cutty Sark, a famous old clipper that shipped tea from China in the 19th-century, and the other, from the 20th-century is Gypsy Moth 1V, sailed round the world by Sir Francis Chichester...
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The interest of the town focus's on The Holy Trinity Church, this originated in the 11th century and has a Norman tower...
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Ightham is a picturesque village in Kent, four miles east of Sevenoaks and six miles north of Tonbridge. The name is made famous by the nearby National Trust attraction 'Ightham.....
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Shipbourne is a picturesque village situated between Sevenoaks and Tonbridge...
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Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759)...
A beautiful 17th century manor house situated in parkland in Westerham, Kent. The property has been the home of the Warde family.....
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This must be the most perfectly positioned of all the gardens in the care of the National Trust. It occupies a majestic hill-top.....
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The home of Sir Winston Churchill, from 1924 until his death. Churchill purchased it for its magnificent views across the weald.....
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The remarkable remains of Lullingstone Roman Villa lay hidden for centuries, and were only revealed in excavations of 1939. Prior.....
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