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HAM-STREET, a village in Orlestone parish, Kent adjacent to the Ashford and Hastings railway, and near the Royal Military canal, 6½ miles S by W of Ashford. It has a station on the railway, a post office † under Ashford, and a fair on the first Monday of Sept.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Orlestone AP/CP Kent AncC |
Place: | Ham Street |
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