WICKHAM-WEST, (Kent) 3 m. S. of Bromley. The liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster claims over the manor. It formerly bel. to the Huntingfields, who in the R. of Edw. II. obtained a Mt. here on M. long since disused, and a Fair on the Eve of St. Mary Magdalen. It came in process of time, through other families, to the Belknaps; of whom, Sir Edward, sold it in the R. of Hen. VIII. to Sir John Heydon; whose descendant, Sir Christopher, in the R. of Q. Eliz. sold it to Sir Sam. Lennard, the ancestor of the present owuer, Sir Sam. Lennard, Bt. Near this place is an intrenchment, said to have been cast up by old Sir Christ. Heydon, when he trained the country militia.