Sevenoaks

The town of Sevenoaks is located in the English county of Kent and is the administrative seat of the district of the same name. The name is said to date back to the Saxon name " Seouenaca " for a chapel near seven oak trees in the adjacent Knolepark.

Attractions

  • Knole House
  • Chevening House, the official residence of the British Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister

Twin Cities

Transport links

The South Eastern Railway provides frequent train services to London Charing Cross.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ( 1717-1797 ), British field marshal, military governor of Canada, Governor of the Colony of Virginia and commander of the British Army
  • Sarah Morris ( born 1967), American artist and filmmaker
  • Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), author and member of the Bloomsbury Group
  • Bill Bruford ( b. 1949 ), drummer
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