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Luddesdown
Luddesdown () is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham district of Kent, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 220. Geography This very rural parish, forming part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is located in a dry valley to the south of Gravesend and is named after a scattered group of houses and farms around ''Luddesdown Court'' and its church next to it. The civil parish also contains its main neighbourhood or street, Henley Street, and separate hamlets of Great Buckland (though split down the side with Snodland having essentially the Church) and Boughurst Street to the south; the valley narrows quickly the south to the appropriately named Buckland at the top of the dry valley floor. In this steep valley, facing west, is a vineyard, Monk's Vineyard; east are these woods: College, Haydown, Brazenden, Scrubes, Wrenches, Goss Hilly and Red Wood to the north east. Apart from this eastern edge, there are Fowles/Brimp, Luxon, Molehill, Freez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravesham
Gravesham ( ) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. The council is based in its largest town of Gravesend. The borough is indirectly named after Gravesend, using the form of the town's name as it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. The district also contains Northfleet and a number of villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the borough lie within the Kent Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Medway, plus Thurrock on the opposite side of the River Thames. Gravesham is twinned with Cambrai in Hauts-de-France, France and Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Gravesham parliamentary constituency covers the same area as the borough. History The first borough in the area of modern Gravesham was "Gravesend and Milton", an ancient borough which had been incorporated in 1568 by Elizabeth I. The borough had been reformed in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobham, Kent
Cobham () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Sole Street, covers an area of and had a population of 1,469 at the 2011 census, increasing from 1,328 at the 2001 census. Since 1970 the village has been in a conservation area which aims to preserve the historic character and appearance of the area. Cobham is twinned with Baturyn in northern Ukraine, Ukraine. The twinning agreement was signed in a virtual ceremony on 11th March 2025. History Cobham parish has had several manors; one of which, Henhurst, was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and in the Textus Roffensis as being part of the Rochester Bridge charter of c.975, so there has been a settlement in the parish since at least the 10th century. The largest and most notable of the manors is Cobh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravesham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Gravesham () is a British parliamentary constituency in Kent, represented by Lauren Sullivan of the Labour Party since the 2024 general election. Constituency profile The seat covers the historic riverside town of Gravesend and a more rural area extending to Higham and Vigo Village on the North Downs. The electorate voted strongly to leave in the 2016 EU referendum. Health and wealth are roughly average for the UK. Boundaries 1983–present: The Borough of Gravesham wards of: Central; Chalk; Coldharbour; Higham; Istead Rise; Meopham North; Meopham South and Vigo; Northfleet North; Northfleet South; Painters Ash; Pelham; Riverside; Riverview; Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown; Singlewell; Westcourt, Whitehill; Woodlands. Since the constituency's creation, its boundaries have been co-terminous with those of the Borough of Gravesham. The largest town in the constituency is Gravesend. The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dode (Kent)
Dode (in Old English, Dowde) was a village in England that was wiped out by the Black Death in 1349. All that remains is the deconsecrated church, which was rebuilt in the 1990s. History and location Archaeological evidence shows habitation in the Dode area during the time of the Roman Empire. The church at Dode was built during the reign of William II of England at some point between 1087 and 1100. It was built on a man-made mound. The nearby hill is known as "Holly Hill" which is a corruption of "Holy Hill", and the lane which leads to the village is "Wrangling Lane", showing that the mound could be the site of a meeting place. The church stands at the end of a 10-mile long easterly running ley line connecting three pre-reformation churches, two Roman sites, a Bronze Age burial ground, and two of the Medway megaliths - the Coffin Stone and Kit's Coty House. The village of Dode was virtually wiped out by the Black Death during the 14th century, and its church last used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigo, Kent
Vigo Village is a village and (as simply Vigo) a civil parish in the Gravesham district in Kent, England. It takes its name from a 15th-century public house, which was renamed in the 18th century after the Battle of Vigo Bay. While a nearby hamlet named Vigo was recorded on an 18th-century map, the present village was built in the mid-20th century, on a site that was previously a disused World War II army camp. The civil parish was created on 1 April 2000 from the parish of Meopham. The village is situated in the middle of chestnut woodland at the top of the North Downs, east of the road between Gravesend and Wrotham. Trosley Country Park lies immediately south of the village and forms part of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 census Vigo civil parish had a population of 2,201, reducing to 2,065 at the 2011 Census. History The Vigo Inn is reputed to date from 1471. It was renamed after the Battle of Vigo Bay, a naval battle fought in 1702 duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strood Rural District
Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England. It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935. It consisted of the following civil parishes: * Allhallows (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) *Chalk (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) * Cliffe * Cobham *Cooling (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Cuxton *Denton (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) * Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934) * Halling * Higham * High Halstow (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) *Hoo St Werburgh (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Ifield (1894–1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) *Isle of Grain (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Luddesdown * Meopham * Nurstead * Shorne * St Mary Hoo (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Stoke (1935–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Kent ...
See also * List of settlements in Kent by population * List of civil parishes in Kent * :Civil parishes in Kent * :Towns in Kent * :Villages in Kent * :Geography of Kent * List of places in England {{Kent Places Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snodland
Snodland is a town in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It lies on the River Medway, between Rochester and Maidstone, and from central London. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 10,211. History "Snoddingland" is first mentioned in a charter of 838 in which King Egbert of Wessex gave "four ploughlands in the place called Snoddingland and Holanbeorge" (Holborough) to Beornmod, the Bishop of Rochester. Since -ingland names are mostly derived from personal names, the name appears to refer to 'cultivated land connected with Snodd' or Snodda. The Domesday Book of 1086 refers to it as "Esnoiland". The first Roman advance in the conquest of Britain may have crossed the River Medway near Snodland, although there are other possible locations. The supposed crossing place is marked by a memorial on the opposite side of the river from Snodland, close to Burham. Near this spot, a ferry later carried pilgrims bound for Canterbury along the Pilgrims' Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Since 2023, the areas in England and Wales have also adopted the name National Landscape (). Areas are designated in recognition of their national importance by the relevant public body: Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency respectively. On 22 November 2023, following a review, the AONBs in England and Wales adopted the National Landscapes name, and are in the process of rebranding. AONBs in Northern Ireland did not rename. The name "area of outstanding natural beauty" is still the designated legal term. In place of the term AONB, Scotland uses the similar national scenic area (NSA) designation. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty enjoy levels of protection from development similar to those of UK national parks, but unli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meopham
Meopham is a large linear village and civil parish in the Gravesham, Borough of Gravesham in north-west Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend. The parish covers , and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it had a population of 6,795 at the 2021 census. Meopham village is sometimes described as the longest settlement in England although others such as Brinkworth, Wiltshire, Brinkworth which is one village make the same claim. Meopham is one of the longest linear settlements in Europe, being in length. Meopham is formally twinned with Ivanivka rural hromada, Chernihiv Oblast, Ivanivka rural hromada in northern Ukraine. The twinning ceremony took place on 6th March 2025. History The name of the village derives from ''Meapaham'' (Meapa's village): it is first recorded in 788, in the reign of King Offa. The modern pronunciation of the name comes from different ways of writing and spelling. Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monks established a Priory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe ( ) is an English village in the county of Kent about north west of West Malling. It is colloquially known as ''Trosley'' after Trosley Country Park at the top of the North Downs, which was once part of the Trosley Towers Estate. The spelling ''Trottesclyve'' appears with nearby '' Hallyng'' in 1396. It was labelled as Trotterscliffe on the Ordnance Survey map published in 1870. Historic buildings Its most notable features are the Neolithic Coldrum Long Barrow and the medieval Church of St Peter and St Paul. Notable residents Trottiscliffe was the English home of artist Graham Sutherland Graham Vivian Sutherland (24 August 1903 – 17 February 1980) was a prolific English artist. Notable for his paintings of abstract landscapes and for his portraits of public figures, Sutherland also worked in other media, including printmakin ... from 1937 until his death in 1980. He was buried by Trottiscliffe parish church. References External links Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, which for centuries were the principal unit of secular and religious administration in most of England and Wales. Civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in excess of 100,000. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, unlike their continental Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
