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[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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"BEADONWELL, a hamlet in the parish of Erith, hundred of Lessness lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, in the county of Kent, 4 miles to the E. of Woolwich."
"HALFWAY HOUSE, a hamlet, hundred of Blackheath, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, county Kent, 3 miles N.E. of Woolwich. It is situated on the Thames, near Halfway Reach."
"LESSNESS HEATH, a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Erith, hundred of Lessness, and lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, county Kent, 3 miles N.W. of Dartford, and- 2 from Crayford. In Lesness or Abbey Park was formerly an Austin canonry, founded in 1178 by Richard de Lucy, Lord Chief Justice of England, who assumed the habit, and shortly after died in the house. Its revenue at the Dissolution was estimated at £186 9s., and was granted to Cardinal Wolsey towards the endowment of his colleges. The site subsequently passed to the Sadlers, and is now the property of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1857 All Saints chapel was opened for Divine service, built at the expense of Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, Bart. The living with a residence is valued at £200 per annum. There is a place of worship for the Baptists, also a National school for both sexes."
"NORTHUMBERLAND-HEATH, a hamlet in the parish of Erith, hundred of Lessness, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, county Kent, 1½ mile S.W. of Erith, and 4 miles E. of Woolwich."
"PICARDY, a hamlet in the parish of Erith, hundred of Lessness, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, county Kent, 6 miles E. of Woolwich. It is situated near Belvedere."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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