Cranbrook Rural District

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Cranbrook was a rural district in Kent, England. In 1974 the district was merged into the Borough of Tunbridge Wells. [1]

The district covered Cranbrook and the surrounding villages of Benenden, Frittenden, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Sandhurst and Sissinghurst. [2]

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References

  1. Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Report No 79.
  2. Vision of Britain, http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166731/boundary

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