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    Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies on the River Darent, 3 miles (5 km) north of Sevenoaks. Otford's...
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    Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop's Palace, is in Otford, an English village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. The village...
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    Otford railway station serves Otford in Kent. It is 24 miles 6 chains (38.7 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern...
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  • The Battle of Otford was fought in 776 between the Mercians, led by Offa of Mercia, and the Jutes of Kent. The battle took place at Otford, in the modern...
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    (secondary coordinates) The Otford railway tunnel is a heritage-listed former railway tunnel on the Illawarra railway line at Otford, City of Wollongong, New...
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    Otford to Shoreham Downs is a 145.1-hectare (359-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Kemsing and Eynesford in Kent. It is part...
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    The Kent Downs line is a railway line between Otford and Ashford International in Kent, England. It adopted its current name in 2020, by the Kent Rail...
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    Otford is a village in the Otford Valley located 55 km south of the Sydney and 30 km north of the Wollongong CBD in New South Wales, Australia. Otford...
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    Otford railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the village of Otford opening on 3 October 1888...
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    beyond Otford to Ashford International via Maidstone East. The line diverges from the Chatham Main Line at Swanley Junction and continues to Otford Junction...
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  • St Michael's Prep School is a coeducational preparatory school in Otford, located in a 100-acre (400,000 m2) site in the North Downs, Kent, England. St...
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    Orbital are an English electronic music duo from Otford, Kent, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. The band's name is taken from Greater...
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    Primary School in Eynsford and then transferred to St Michael's School in Otford. He attended Stanbridge Earls in Hampshire until age seventeen and then...
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    further troops, returning to again relieve London, defeat the Danes at Otford, and pursue Cnut into Kent. Eadric Streona now went over to Edmund, but...
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    Limpsfield Chart in Surrey, the Darent flows 21 miles (34 km) east then north by Otford and Shoreham, past the castle and the ruined Roman villa at Lullingstone...
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    withdrew into Kent under attack by the English, with a battle fought at Otford. At this point Eadric Streona went over to King Edmund, and Cnut set sail...
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    hagiography, they also display Becket's well-known gruffness. "Becket's Well", in Otford, Kent, is said to have been created after Becket had been displeased by...
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    Charlotte Fry Nickname Lottie Born (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) Otford, Kent, England Sport Country  United Kingdom Sport Equestrian Coached by...
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    Helensburgh in 1914, Helensburgh and Otford in 1915, and Otford and Coalcliff (bypassing the by now infamous Otford Tunnel) in 1920. The deviation avoided...
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    size was clearly related to its fertility and position. For example, an Otford rental of c.1425 lists a full yoke on the fertile soil of the valley as...
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    Knockholt and Badgers Mount, Hextable and Swanley Village, Kemsing, Leigh, Otford, Penshurst and Fordcombe, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks Kippington, Sevenoaks...
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    1978. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
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    Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh...
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  • attended seven schools in the two countries, including Russell House School in Otford, Kent between the ages of five and seven, St Hilary's in Sevenoaks, Kent...
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    Archbishop of Canterbury. He already had a substantial property in the area, Otford Palace, but the drier, healthier site of Knole attracted him. Archbishop...
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    leave to replenish his supplies and was beaten by Edmund at the Battle of Otford; however, following the Danes as they raided into Essex, Edmund was in turn...
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    Haywards Heath Burgess Hill London Blackfriars to Sevenoaks via Catford and Otford 2 Elephant & Castle Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead Crofton Park Catford...
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    International via Maidstone East 1 Bromley South, St Mary Cray, Swanley, Otford, Kemsing, Borough Green & Wrotham, West Malling, East Malling, Barming,...
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    1390s, the palace was seized by the Crown at the time of the Reformation. Otford Palace: a medieval palace, rebuilt by Archbishop Warham c. 1515 and forfeited...
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    Park to a small way in. The coastal ridge continues north, forming the Otford and Bulgo hill formations; the escarpment itself turns into the white cliffs...
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