Underriver is a village about south-east of
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parishes in England, civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter South Eastern Main Line, main line railway into Lon ...
,
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Seal
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Common uses
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...
.
The name "Underriver" is derived from the
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''sub le ryver'' which translates into modern English as "under the hill".
The village's church, St Margaret's, is a Grade II listed building. It was built in 1867 to the designs of
George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...
.
Until the early 20th century, Underriver had its own school, forge, post office, pub and church. Today only the pub and the church remain. The other buildings have since been converted into housing.
Underriver also has its own village hall and an active village association.
Aircraft accident
On 22 August 1927, a
Fokker F.VIII
The Fokker F.VIII (or F.8) was a large twin-engined airliner designed and produced by the Netherlands, Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in the 1920s.
It was similar overall to the Fokker F.VII which was trimotor, but the F.VIII was not a trimoto ...
of
KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...
crashed at Underriver following structural failure of the tailfin, killing one of the eleven people on board.
References
External links
The White Rock websiteUnderriver village association website
Villages in Kent
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