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Gallows Common, Kent

Historical Description

Gallows Common, a place in the northern vicinity of Sevenoaks, in Kent. It was a place of execution in ancient times, and the vicinity of it was the scene of a defeat of the king's forces in 1450 by the rebels under Jack Cade.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

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