Crockenhill
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Crockenhill is a small village 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
. The village is home to a football club, Crockenhill F.C.
, and boasts former player Tony Cascarino
.
hyll "hill
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Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was an important area for growing peppermint
Peppermint
Peppermint is a hybrid mint, a cross between the watermint and spearmint . The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world...
. 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
Crockham Hill
Crockham Hill is a village in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is about south of Westerham, and Chartwell is nearby.The village street is on the line of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way....
near Westerham
Westerham
Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, in South East England with 5,000 people. The parish is south of the North Downs, ten miles west of Sevenoaks. It covers 5800 acres . It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a...
. The village is home to a football club, Crockenhill F.C.
Crockenhill F.C.
Crockenhill F.C. is an English football club based in the village of Crockenhill near Swanley in Kent. Previously they were members of the Kent County League Division One West after being relegated from the Premier Division in the 2007–08 season, a poor season in which the club was plagued by...
, and boasts former player Tony Cascarino
Tony Cascarino
Anthony Guy 'Tony' Cascarino is an former association football player who played as a forward for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in the 1988 European Football Championship and two World Cups in 1990 and...
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Place-name meaning
Crockenhill is from Old EnglishOld English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
hyll "hill
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
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