Barming

Barming
Barming Barming shown within Kent
Population	1,654 ^[1]
OS grid reference	TQ728568
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
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Coordinates: 51°15′48″N 0°28′14″E / 51.263420°N 0.470560°E / 51.263420; 0.470560Barming is a civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It lies to the west of Maidstone, the county town, and had a population of 2234 persons (2001 census). The eastern end of the parish is part of the built-up area of Maidstone, although the remainder is much more rural. The River Medway is the southern boundary of the parish.

Barming is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and was then described as being divided into East and West; the latter being known as Little Barming, and having its own church until the 16th century.

Barming Primary School dates back to 1854 but is not now located on the original site.^[2]

Transport

Barming railway station, on the London /Maidstone/ Ashford route, was opened with the line on 1 June 1874 but is not actually located in the parish. It lies 1 mile to the north and is in the neighbouring borough of Tonbridge and Malling.

The railway station named East Farleigh lies in Barming parish, at the extreme southern boundary adjacent to the River Medway. This is on the scenic Medway Valley Line linking Strood, Maidstone and Paddock Wood.

The A26 road crosses the parish. Local bus services are provided by Arriva Kent & Sussex and Nu-Venture.

St. Margaret's Church

Saint Margaret's Church

Surrounded by peace and tranquility the church was built in the Norman period^[3] (12th Century) and has a characteristic triangle of east windows and a tower in the perpendicular style has been added. The Church is Grade II* listed and some of the gravestones are Grade I. Amongst many items that you can see are three bench ends made in Germany in 1300. Inside the churchyard is a mounting block - four stone steps built in the 19th century to help riders to mount their horses.

Culture

At 7.15 p.m. on 1 May each year, local morris dancers Kettle Bridge Clogs ^[4] dance across Barming Bridge (otherwise known as the Kettle Bridge) which spans the River Medway at the southern end of South Street. This event marks the official start of their morris dancing season.

References

↑ "Barming CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
↑ Barming School
↑ St Margarets web site
↑ Kettle Bridge Clogs

External links

Towns and villages in the Maidstone borough of Kent, England

Allington Barming Bearsted Bedmonton Benover Bexon Bicknor Boughton Green Boughton Malherbe Boughton Monchelsea Boxley Bredhurst Broomfield Caring Chainhurst Chart Sutton Chegworth Collier Street Coxheath Detling Downswood East Barming East Farleigh East Sutton Fairbourne Heath Frinsted Grove Green Harrietsham Hawkenbury Headcorn Hollingbourne Horden Hucking Hunton Kingswood Kit's Coty Laddingford Langley Leeds Lenham Lidsing Linton Loose Lordswood Maidstone Marden Marley Milebush Nettlestead Nettlestead Green Otham Otterden Park Wood Platt's Heath Penenden Heath Pollhill Ringlestone (hamlet) Ringlestone (suburb) Sandling Sandway Shepway Staplehurst Stockbury Sutton Valence Teston Thurnham Tovil Ulcombe Walderslade Weavering West Farleigh Wichling Wormshill Yalding

List of places in Kent

Nearest Settlements

Barming

Teston
Wateringbury

West Farleigh

East Farleigh

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