Bramling is a hamlet five miles (8 km) east of
Canterbury in
Kent, England. It lies on the
A257 road
List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the ...
between
Littlebourne and
Wingham. The local
public house is called ''The Haywain''. The population of the hamlet taken at the 2011 Census was included in the
civil parish of
Ickham and Well
Ickham and Well is a mostly rural civil parish east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
The parish covers the villages of Ickham and Bramling just off the A257 Sandwich Road. It has several listed buildings in architecture of old, well-pr ...
Geography
Nearby are, or were, Bramling Bottom, Bramling Downs, and Bramlingcourt Farm.
Bramling House
Bramling is a hamlet five miles (8 km) east of Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the A257 road between Littlebourne and Wingham, Kent, Wingham. The local public house is called ''The Haywain''. The population of the hamlet taken at the ...
, described as a fine example of Elizabethan architecture,
was the seat of the Wood Family,
whose scion,
Thomas Philpott Wood
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also established Bramling House in
Chesterfield.
Bramling House and Bramlincourt Farm are in the Bramling conservation area.
History
Bramling is mentioned in the
Pipe Rolls of
Henry III ''c.'' 1220, in reference to one Ralph of Bramling, Kent.
References
External links
Villages in Kent
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