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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Wives Lees like this:
OLD-WIVES-LEES, or Oldwoods-Lees, a place in the N E of Kent; 4¼ miles S W of Canterbury. Anannual race, on 19 May, by young maids and bachelors, was instituted here by Sir D. Digges of Chilham.
Old Wives Lees is now part of ASHFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how ASHFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Old Wives Lees itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Old Wives Lees, in Ashford and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24656
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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