Crockham Hill

Crockham Hill
Crockham Hill
 Crockham Hill shown within Kent
OS grid referenceTQ442505
DistrictSevenoaks
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentSevenoaks
List of places
UK
England
Kent

Coordinates: 51°14′10″N 0°03′52″E / 51.235973°N 0.064405°E / 51.235973; 0.064405

Crockham Hill is a village in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Westerham, and Chartwell is nearby.

The village street is on the line of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way.[1]

It contains a 19th-century pub, the Royal Oak, and Holy Trinity church as well as being home to many famous figures such as the Churchill and Gladstone families as well as Lord Harris (founder of Carpet Right and Tapi) and former home of Financial Services agent Sean Robertson.

Octavia Hill, a social reformer, philanthropist, artist, writer and co-founder of the National Trust, also lived in the village. Her remains are buried in the church yard of the village church, Holy Trinity.[2]

References

  1. I D Margary, Roman Ways in the Weald 1965 Phoenix House
  2. "A historic walk over Octavia Hill, Kent". London: Guardian. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

External links

Media related to Crockham Hill at Wikimedia Commons


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