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LAMB-ABBEY, or LAMORBEY, a chapelry in Dartford district, Kent; on the Lewisham and Dartford railway, near the river Cray, 2¼ miles WSW of Bexley. Post-town, Bexley, under Bexley Heath, London SE. Pop. not separately returned. The manor belonged to the Lamienbys and the Sparrows. Lamb-Abbey House, rebuilt in 1744, is the seat of J. Malcolm, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £100. Patron, J. Malcolm, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dartford Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place names: | LAMB ABBEY | LAMB ABBEY OR LAMORBEY | LAMORBEY |
| Place: | Lamorbey |
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