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NORTH DOWN, a village in the N E of Kent; adjacent to the Margate and Ramsgate railway, 1 mile E of Margate. It is a neat place, and has a fair on 25 July. Whitfield Tower, now used as a sea-beacon, is near it.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Northdown |
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