A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BARHAM COURT, a manor on the river Medway, near East Farleigh r. station, 4½ miles SW of Maidstone, Kent. It belonged to Reginald Fitzurse, the proprietor of Barham manor in Bridge district in the time of A Becket; continued with his descendants, the De Berhams, till the time of James I.; passed to successively the Botilers, the Bouveries, and Sir Charles Middleton, who was created Lord Barham; descended to Lord Bar ham's grandson, the present Earl of Gainsborough; and is now the property and seat of the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh. The mansion on it is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a manor" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Bridge RegD/PLU Kent AncC |
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