Crockenhill

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Crockenhill
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OS grid reference:	TQ505675
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District:	Sevenoaks
Shire county:	Kent
Region:	South East England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
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Ceremonial county:	Kent
Historic county:	Kent
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Ambulance:	South East Coast
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European Parliament:	South East England

Crockenhill lies immediately south of Swanley town in Kent. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was an important area for growing peppermint. In the 1930s there were 420 acres (1.7 km²) under cultivation; the last crop was harvested in 1958.

There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham.

[edit] Place-name meaning

Crockenhill is from Old English hyll "hill" with an unknown first element.

[edit] Further reading

• Major, Alan. Hidden Kent. Countryside Books, 1994.

[edit] External links

• An illustrated historical article

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