Bobbing, Kent
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 St Bartholomew, Bobbing, Kent |
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  Bobbing |
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| OS grid reference | TQ8865 |
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| District | Swale |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01795 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Coordinates: 51°21′00″N 0°42′00″E / 51.349998°N 0.700000°EBobbing is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about a mile north-west of Sittingbourne, and forming part of its urban area. The hamlet of Howt Green is encompassed within the parish. According to the 2011 census Bobbing parish had a population of 1,969.[1]
The parish of Bobbing, according to Edward Hasted in 1800, contains about seven hundred and eighty acres of land, of which forty were wood.[2]
The mediaeval manor house of Bobbing Court, now a Grade II listed ruin, was built by the Savage family; it passed to the distinguished soldier Sir Conyers Clifford, and then by marriage into the St. Leger family.[3]
The village church, St Bartholomew, is a grade I listed building.[4] Which is in the diocese of Canterbury and deanery of Sittingbourne.[5] According to Edward Hasted in 1798, the church consisted of two small isles and two chancels, having a tall spire steeple at the west end of it, in which are five bells.[6]
The strange career of Titus Oates, inventor of the Popish Plot, included a brief period as Vicar of Bobbing.[7] He was presented with the living by the local squire, Sir George Moore ( who had recently purchased Bobbing Court) in 1673, but his drunkenness and blasphemy so horrified his parishioners that they ejected him before the end of the year.[8]
In 2003 the Cremation Society of Great Britain opened the "Garden of England Crematorium" on the outskirts of the village.[9]
References
- ↑ "Neighbourhood Statistics Bobbing (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Gov UK. March 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (Institute of Historical Research) 6: 192–203. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ Mosley ed. Burke's Peerage 107th Edition Vol.1 p.1160
- ↑ "Church of St Bartholomew, Bobbing". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "St Bartholomew, Bobbing". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes Bobbing". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (Institute of Historical Research) 6: 192–203. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Kenyon, J.P. The Popish Plot Phoenix Press reissue 2000 p.54
- ↑ Kenyon p.54
- ↑ "Garden of England Crematorium". London Cremation Company. The London Cremation Company plc. 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
External links
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