| Wrotham |
| Wrotham, commonly pronounced Ruteham. In Domesday book it is written Broteham, and in Textus Roffensis, Wroteham The village, or town of Wrotham, is situated at the foot of the great ridge of chalk hills, above the summit of which this parish extends northward. From this hill, called here Wrotham hill, which is here luxuriantly cloathed with fine spreading beech trees, there is a most beautiful prospect southward over a variety, of country, lying in the vale beneath, of vast extent, which is bounded by the sand hills at the southern extremity of it; the high road from London through Farningham Maidstone leads through this town, which is a little more than twenty-four miles from London. At the entrance of it is the mansion of the rectory, a handsome house, well suited to the income of it, and on the opposite side the road stands the church, and the small remains of the archiepiscopal palace, but yet sufficient to remind us of its having formerly been such. In the center of the town stand the marketplace and public well, both repaired by the lord of the manor; the market, which was on a Tuesday, has been disused for many years, but here is a fair held yearly on May 4, for horses, cattle, &c. Oppofite the marketplace is Wrotham place, the seat of Mr. Haddock, a further account of which will be given hereafter … extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1798 |
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| 1798 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume V by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 6 |
| 1826 | A Perambulation of Kent conteining the Description, Hystorie and Customes of that Shire, written in the Year 1570 by William Lambarde ⇒ p. 456 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 345 |
| 1871 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the Early History of the County, Volume I. by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ Domesday p. 225; pannage p. 254; peculiar of Canterbury p. 400 |
| 1874 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the History of the County to the present time, Volume II by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 47; p. 108; p. 129; p. 163; p. 727; p. 743; p. 796; p. 797; p. 842 |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1914 | Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson ⇒ p. 366 |
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 House at Wrotham Heath - 20th June 1885 |  Wrotham Hills - 1904 |  Middle Street - 1905 |  Trosley Towers - 1905 |  Wrotham Church - 1905 |  Bull Hotel - 1907 |  Vigo Hill - 1907 | |
 Wrotham Church - c 1910 |  The Devils Kitchen - 1920 |  St Marys Road - c 1920 |  St Marys Road - c 1920 |  High Street - 1950 |  Offham, near Wrotham - 1962 | ||
| Places and properties in Wrotham - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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