On the older Ordnance Survey maps, a feature called Clabberlabber's Hole
is shown at grid reference TQ605728, at the south-east corner of
Swanscombe Park, in the parish of Swanscombe, Kent. Adjacent is an
antiquity described as 'Site of Caerberlarber (British Village)' (the
word Caerberlarber being in Gothic script) - see, for instance, the 1910
6" map:
<http://www.sdoerr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/Caerberlarber1910.jpg>. I
was just wondering what the authority was for the Caerberlarber name -
is it any more than a wild guess based on the modern name of the hole?
After 1910, Clabberlabber's Hole is still shown, but the Caerberlarber
name disappears. I think even the hole has now disappeared into an much
bigger hole, the area having been extensively quarried for the
manufacture of cement.
Steve Doerr
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