Otham

St Nicholas's Church

Otham is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England.

The 12th-century parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building.^[1] The vicar is Revd Andrew Sewell. Otham also has a number of mediaeval houses which are listed including Otham Manor (Grade I),^[2] Synyards (Grade I)^[3] and Stoneacre (Grade II*).^[4] Stoneacre is a small National Trust property, which is a private residence but opened to visitors on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays from April - September.

Otham has a circular walk of 7 km which includes the Spot Lane Nature Reserve and Stoneacre. Details of it are available from its parish website as a pdf file.

The White Horse pub is located in Otham.The White Horse Inn had two Publicans, once William Goodwin b1746 and son Solomon William Goodwin b1833 Source: English Post Office Records

Sport and leisure

Otham has two Non-League football clubs playing at Honey Lane, Bearsted F.C. in the Kent Invicta League^[5] and APM Contrast F.C. in the Kent County League.^[6]

References

1. Historic England. "Church of Saint Nicholas (1250738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. Historic England. "Otham Manor (1250941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
3. Historic England. "Synyards and Path Between Front Door and Road (1263084)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
4. Historic England. "Stoneacre and Path Between Front Door and Road (1250995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
5. Bearsted FC page on Kent Invicta League website Retrieved 4 July 2013
6. APM Contrast page on Kent County League website Retrieved 4 July 2013

External links

• Otham Parish website
• History of Otham dating from 1798, by Hasted, at British History Online website
• National Trust webpages on Stoneacre
• Bearsted FC website

Coordinates: 51°15′N 0°34′E / 51.250°N 0.567°E