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ORPINGTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 329 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORPINGTON , a See also:

town in the See also:Dartford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 134 M. S.E. of See also:London, and 21 m. S. by E. of See also:Chislehurst, on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901), 4259. The See also:church (See also:Early See also:English) contains some carved woodwork and See also:ancient See also:brasses. An old See also:mansion called the Priory See also:dates in See also:part from 1393• The See also:oak-panelled See also:hall and the See also:principal rooms are of the 15th See also:century. In 1873 See also:John See also:Ruskin set up at Orpington a private See also:publishing See also:house for his See also:works, in the hands of his friend See also:George See also:Allen. See also:Fruit and hops are extensively grown in the, neighbourhood. From its pleasant situation in a hilly, wooded See also:district near the headwaters of the Cray stream, Orpington has become in See also:modern times a favourite residential locality for those whose business lies in London. A See also:line of populous villages extends down the valley between Orpington and See also:Bexley—St See also:Mary Cray (pop. 1894), St See also:Paul's Cray (1207), Foots Cray (an See also:urban district, 5817), and See also:North Cray.

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