Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MONTREAL

MONTREAL, the seat of Earl Amherst, in Sevenoaks parish, Kent; 1 mile N W of Sevenoaks. It stands near the site of Brook's Place, which belonged to the Colepepers; and it was built by the first Lord Amherst, who took Montreal in Canada in 1760.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Sevenoaks Parish       Kent Ancient County

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