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Thornham.-- par. and vil., Kent, 3½ miles E. of Maidstone, 3363 ac., pop. 648; Thornham Court is the seat of the Hampson family; on the brow of the hill stand the ruins of Thornham (or Godards) Tower, supposed to occupy the site of an ancient Roman watch-tower.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Thurnham Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Thurnham |
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