Bobbing is a village and

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in the Swale district of

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, England, about a mile north-west of

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, and forming part of its

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. The hamlet of Howt Green and village of Keycol are included within the parish. According to the 2011 census Bobbing parish had a population of 1,969. The parish of Bobbing, according to Edward Hasted in 1800, contains about seven hundred and eighty acres of land, of which forty were wood. The mediaeval manor house of Bobbing Court, now a Grade II listed ruin, was built by the Savage family; it passed to the distinguished soldier Sir Conyers Clifford, and then by marriage into the St. Leger family. The village church, St Bartholomew, is a grade I listed building. It is within the diocese of

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and deanery of

. According to Edward Hasted in 1798, the church consisted of two small aisles and two chancels, having a tall spire steeple at the west end of it, in which are five bells. The strange career of

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, inventor of the Popish Plot, included a brief period as Vicar of Bobbing. He was presented with the living by the local squire, Sir George Moore (who had recently purchased Bobbing Court) in 1673, but his drunkenness and blasphemy so horrified his parishioners that they ejected him before the end of the year. In 2003, the

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opened the "Garden of England Crematorium" on the outskirts of the village.

Transportation

The village is located beside the A249 road. The Chatham Main Line passes the village but there is no railway station.

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Villages in Kent Civil parishes in Kent Borough of Swale {{Kent-geo-stub