Harrietsham
| Harrietsham | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 Harrietsham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ866528 |
| Location: | 51°14’35"N, 0°40’23"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,113 (2011) |
| Post town: | Maidstone |
| Postcode: | ME17 |
| Dialling code: | 01622 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Maidstone |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Faversham and Mid Kent |
Harrietsham is a rural and industrial village in Kent. It is in the North Downs, seven miles east of Maidstone: the wider parish and includes such hamlets as Marley, Pollhill and Fairbourne.
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 2,113
Parish church
The parish church, in the Church of England, is Church of St John the Baptist, which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is is a Grade I listed building.[1]
History
Harrietsham is noted in the Domesday Book.
In the Middle Ages the manor of Harrietsham passed through a succession of families, including the Adam family of Essex.[2] The manor subsequently passed from Stephen Adam to his sister Eve, wife of John Levett of Hollington, Sussex. On Levett's death, his widow remarried Laurence Ashburnham, Gent., of Broomham, Sussex, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets, bringing the manor of Harrietsham into the Ashburnham family.[3][4]
About the village
The village contains a number of listed buildings, the most important of which architecturally are The Old House in East Street and the parish church, the
Harrietsham railway station serves the village. Both the M20 motorway and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link ('High Speed 1') pass through the parish. The large Marley works to the east of the centre detract from the rural tranquility as well as the transport corridor.[5]
The River Len flows through the village south of the M20. On the river is Holme Mill.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1336289: Church of St John The Baptist (Grade I listing)
- ↑ The Will of Richard Adames, 16 February, 1523, Kent Archaeological Society
- ↑ Hasted, Edward: 'Harrietsham, Kent': The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Volume 5, (1798)
- ↑ John Burke (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 49. https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera01burkgoog.
- ↑ Hollingbourne Vale: Maidstone Council
- ↑ Spain, R. J. (1967). "The Len Water-mills". Archaeologia Cantiana 82: 38–45. http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.082%20-%201967/082-02.pdf.