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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 854 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WROTHAM , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Medway See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, to m. W. by N. of See also:Maidstone, on the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (19o1) 3571. The See also:church of St See also:George, See also:Early See also:English and later, contains numerous See also:brasses; and near it is the site of a See also:palace of the archbishops of See also:Canterbury, maintained until the See also:time of See also:Archbishop See also:Simon See also:Islip (c. 1350). S.W. of Wrotham is the See also:village of Ightham, in which is a See also:fine quadrangular moated See also:manor-See also:house, the Mote, in See also:part of the 14th See also:century, but with portions of Tudor See also:dates.

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