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MOTTENDEN, a place in Headcorn parish, Kent; 11 miles W by N of Ashford. A Trinitarian priory was founded here, in 1224, by Sir Robert de Rokesby; was notable for being the first house of its kind in England, and for a miracle-play acted in its church on TrinitySunday; and was given, at the dissolution, to Lord Cromwell,-and, after his attainder, to Sir Anthony Aucher. N o remains of it now exist.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Headcorn Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Mottenden |
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