Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hever

Hever, par. and vil., W. Kent, 3 miles SE. of Edenbridge sta. and 7 miles SW. of Sevenoaks, 2660 ac., pop. 670; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Hever Castle, built in the time of Henry VI., and interesting from its associations with the story of Anne Boleyn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hever CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place: Hever

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