Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rotherfield

Rotherfield, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Sussex - par. (containing Crowborough), 14,731ac., pop. 4334; vil., 8½ miles SW. of Tunbridge Wells by rail; P.O., T.O. Rotherfield Hall and Rotherfield House are seats, the former an ancient Tudor mansion; a monastery was founded here in 800.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rotherfield AP/CP       Sussex AncC
Place: Rotherfield

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