Upper Hardres
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 389 [1] |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TR152507 |
| Administration | |
| Parish: | Upper Hardres |
| 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 |
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Upper Hardres is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
The name of the Hardres family is perpetuated in the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres (pronounced 'hards'), on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. The family owned this area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. It is a said that Thomas Hardres, who was knighted for his valour at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, brought back the town gates and erected them at Upper Hardres, though there is little evidence of their existence today.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
- ^ Canterbury City Council
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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 |
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