2023
TR0755 : The North Downs Way at the eastern end of Old Wives Lees
taken 1 year ago, near to Old Wives Lees, Kent, England
The North Downs Way at the eastern end of Old Wives Lees
The origin of the name of Old Wives Lees is not clear but in 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Wives Lees thus: "OLD-WIVES-LEES, or Oldwoods-Lees, a place in the N E of Kent; 4¼ miles S W of Canterbury. An annual race, on 19 May, by young maids and bachelors, was instituted here by Sir D. Digges of Chilham."
The Canterbury branch of the North Downs Way passes along Lower Lees Road and here crosses the road to pass along Lower Ensden Road and then continues along footpaths.
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