Barham, Kent
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Barham | |
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Statistics | |
Population: | 1187 [1] |
Ordnance Survey | |
OS grid reference: | TR206495 |
Administration | |
Parish: | Barham |
District: | City of Canterbury |
Shire county: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Constituent country: | England |
Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
Other | |
Ceremonial county: | Kent |
Historic county: | Kent |
Services | |
Police force: | Kent Police |
Ambulance service: | South East Coast |
Post office and telephone | |
Post town: | CANTERBURY |
Postal district: | CT4 |
Dialling code: | 01227 |
Politics | |
UK Parliament: | Canterbury |
European Parliament: | South East England |
Barham (Pronounced Barrum) is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is situated on the A2 road between Canterbury and Dover, 7 miles south-east of Canterbury and 7 miles north of Folkestone.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,187.
The name Barham was spelt Bioraham in 799, Biora (derived from Beora - a Saxon Chief) and Ham (a settlement or homestead) [2]
The Nailbourne, a tributary of the River Little Stour flows nearby on its way to the English Channel.
[edit] Famous Inhabitants
David Starkey (1945-) - historian
[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
- ^ Barham
with the surrounding suburbs, villages, towns and parishes : |
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Adisham • Barham • Bekesbourne • Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne • Bishopsbourne • Blean • Bridge • Chartham • Chartham Hatch • Chestfield • Chislet • Fordwich • Greenhill • Hackington • Harbledown • Herne • Herne and Broomfield • Herne Bay • Hersden • Hoath • Ickham • Ickham and Well • Kingston • Littlebourne • Lower Hardres • Marshside • Patrixbourne • Petham • Plucks Gutter • Reculver • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper Harbledown • Upper Hardres • Waltham • Westbere • Whitstable • Wickhambreux • Womenswold |
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The district of the City of Canterbury List of places in Kent |