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Kenardington
Kenardington is an eponymic, suggesting a Saxon word 'tun'.

 Kemsing
Kemsing is a Saxon 'ing', or 'place'.

 Kingsnorth
Kingsnorth goes back to the Saxon word 'snad'.

 Knockholt
Knockholt means the place at an 'oak wood'.

 Knowlton
Knowlton is literally a 'farmstead by a hillock'.
Ickham
Ickham's name preserves the original size of the settlement.

 Ide Hill
Ide Hill means 'Edith's Hill'.

 Ightham
Ightham (pronounced 'item') is literally 'Ehta's village'.

 Iwade
Iwade is made up of the Saxon words 'iw' meaning 'Yew tree'.

 Joss Bay
Joss Snelling, the notorious smuggler, is named after this bay.
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