Bramling is a hamlet five miles (8 km) east of
Canterbury
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in
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, England. It lies on the
A257 road between
Littlebourne
Littlebourne is a village and civil parish east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
History
The significant Howletts Anglo-Saxon cemetery is in the parish. It is regarded as " Jutish"; finds are in the British Museum and elsewhere, and i ...
and
Wingham. The local
public house
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is called ''The Haywain''. The population of the hamlet taken at the 2011 Census was included in the
civil parish
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of
Ickham and Well
Geography
Nearby are, or were, Bramling Bottom, Bramling Downs, and Bramlingcourt Farm.
, described as a fine example of Elizabethan architecture,
was the seat of the Wood Family,
whose scion,
Thomas Philpott Wood also established Bramling House in
Chesterfield
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.
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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