Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEWISHEATH

LEWISHEATH, an ancient manor in Horsmonden parish, Kent; 3 miles NE of Lamberhurst. It belonged, in the early part of the 14th century, to John de Groflinrst; and was given by him to Bayham abbey. Its name was then written Leueshothe.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient manor"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Horsmonden CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Lewisheath

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