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This blue commemorative plaque records: Welcome to Hawkhurst This Kentish Wealden village once important in the cloth and iron industries and later for the growing of hops was home of the notorious Hawkhurst Gang of smugglers in the 1700s Look out for the plaques of historical interest Recorded plaque organisation: Hawkhurst Heritage.
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