Coordinates: 51°22'59?N 0°09'43?E? / ?51.383, 0.162
Crockenhill lies immediately south of Swanley town in Kent. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was an important area for growing peppermint. In the 1930s there were 420 acres (1.7 km²) under cultivation; the last crop was harvested in 1958.
There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham. The village has a rather successful side, Crockenhill F.C. considering the village's size and boasts former player Tony Cascarino.
Crockenhill is from Old English hyll "hill" with an unknown first element.
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