East Malling is a village in the borough of

Tonbridge and Malling Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Tonbridge is the largest settlement but the authority is based in the modern development of Kings Hill. Geography Tonbridge and Malling Borough cover ...

, Kent, in the part of the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

of East Malling and Larkfield lying south of the A20 road. In 2019 the ward had an estimated population of 5478.

History

The earliest recorded reference to East Malling is "in a Charter of King Edmund I (reigned 939 – 946 AD) which refers to ‘East Mealing’, describing a gallows." East Malling was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086 as ''Mellingete''. Farming was common in the area until the 1960s especially of hops and fruit orchards, and some of this activity remains today including the

East Malling Research Station NIAB EMR is a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East Malling, Kent in England, with a specialism in fruit and clonally propagated crop production. In 2016, the institute became part of the NIAB Group. History A research ...

. After World War II, Malling Rural District Council developed the Step Stile and Clare Park housing estates.

Amenities

The ragstone churchHistoric England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1099148 is dedicated to St James the Great, and forms part of a Conservation Area on the High Street. St James is the primary school and the main secondary school for the area is

The Malling School The Malling School is a mixed high school located in East Malling in the English county of Kent. History It opened as Clare Secondary School in 1957, designed by Read & McDermott.The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, page 266. ...

Transport

There is a railway station at East Malling with services to Maidstone, Ashford & London.

Media

Much of the location filming for the 1960s

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comedy programme "Mr Pastry" took place in the countryside around East Malling.

Richard Hearne Richard Lewis Hearne (30 January 1908 – 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry. Career Hearne was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1908, the son ...

who starred had lived in a neighbouring village, St Mary Platt, and knew the area well.

Nearest settlements

References

External links

East Malling and Larkfield Parish CouncilEast Malling churchVillage website
{{Tonbridge and Malling Villages in Kent Tonbridge and Malling