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BROCKLEY, a hamlet on the NW border of Kent; adjacent to the Croydon railway, 1 mile WSW of Lewisham. It has a post office‡ under Lewisham, London, S. E.; and had anciently a Premonstratensian monastery, founded about the end of the reign of Henry II.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
Place: | Brockley |
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