# Kent Ramblers: Walk 70

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## Points of Interest

### Buckhurst Farm (also known as Old Buckhurst)

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This is a late mediaeval hall house with early 17th 
						century projecting gabled left extension.  The 
						garden is sometimes open under the National Gardens 
						Scheme.

### Edells

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Built in the 1830s for William Woodhouse, a General 
						'in the Service of the Honorable East India Company' 
						according to his will proved in 1845.  The 
						ten-bedroomed house, little altered since 1875, is now a 
						very up-market holiday let.

### The Markbeech Riots

During the construction of the Markbeech railway 
						tunnel between Hever and Cowden in 1866 riots broke out 
						when about 500 French workers were brought in to 
						undercut the wage rates paid to English Navvies.

### Public Transport

Good rail service to starting point.

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