Waltham is a village and

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southwest of

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, England.

History

The village was once associated with the

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and was originally called Temple Waltham.Vision of Britain: Waltham, Kent.
Accessed Sep 2020. Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, died at John de Criol's Manor of Asbenfield in Temple Waltham on 14 July 1262 at the age of 39; it was rumoured that he had been poisoned at the table of Piers of Savoy. During and prior to the reign of

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(d. 1377), the parish of Waltham was within the

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of Bridge. Following merger of some hundreds, by the end of the 19th century, most of the parish was within the hundred of Bridge and Petham.Vision of Britain: The Hundred of Bridge and Petham.
Accessed Sep 2020. Of the two constables for the consolidated hundred, the current monarch was lord of the annual court leet that chose a constable for the hundred of Bridge.

Amenities

St Bartholomew's Church is Grade I listed. Its windows are of the 13th and 14th century and its tower was rebuilt and restored in 1808.British History Online: Waltham (St. Bartholomew)
A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848. pp. 449-453. Retrieved 12 September 2020. Bus 620 runs between Canterbury, Hastingleigh and Waltham.

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Villages in Kent City of Canterbury {{Kent-geo-stub