West Kingsdown

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West Kingsdown is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the North Downs, north of Sevenoaks town, within the London Commuter Belt. Both the A20 and the M20 motorway cross the parish.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kingsdown
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Coordinates:   51°20'32"N   0°15'28"E

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  • From the south side it is possible to see the Water Tower in Shooter's Hill, between Welling and Greenwich. West Kingsdown boasts a Windmill, although it has been in various states of decay and restoration in the 50+ years that I have known it. The number of windmills surviving in Britain is now fewer than 100. Another point of interest close-by is in the hamlet of Maplescombe. The half-brother of William the Conqueror, Bishop Odo, is credited with the building of a chapel—situated at the bottom of Botsam Lane. Little remains of the structure today, although there was substantially more to be seen in the days of my youth. A working party could do much to restore this rapidly disappearing piece of Kentish history.
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