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Hartlip

Hartlip shown within Kent
Population 769[1] (Parish)
OS grid reference TQ841642
District Swale
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district ME9
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
UK Parliament Sittingbourne and Sheppey
European Parliament South East England
List of places: UKEnglandKent

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Hartlip is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swale, in the county of Kent, England. The population estimate was 680 in 1991, and in 2001 there were 566 registered voters. The village covers 1422.547 acres (5.8 km²) and is in an agricultural region of high quality fruit farming, hops and grain. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... For other meanings of swale see Swale (disambiguation). ... The Kent coat of arms For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For the Finno-Ugric people, see Votes. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... Species Humulus lupulus L. Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc. ... This article is about cereals in general. ...

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Location

Hartlip is situated between the M2 motorway (Strood to Canterbury) and the A2 main road from London to Canterbury. It is at Hartlip Hill, between Rainham and Newington on Watling Street, the old Roman road. It stands about 50m above sea level. There are also M2 motorways in Northern Ireland and Australia The M2 motorway is a motorway in England. ... Statistics Population: 33182 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ725695 Administration District: Medway Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Kent Historic county: Kent Services Police force: Kent Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: ROCHESTER... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Not to be confused with A2 road (Northern Ireland). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... , Rainham is a town near Gillingham in the county of Kent in South East England. ... Newington is a village in Kent, England on the A2 road between Chatham to the west and Sittingbourne to the east. ... The modern Watling Street crossing the Medway at Rochester near the Roman and Celt crossings Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ... This article is about the unit of length. ...


Ordinance Survey grid reference: TQ 838 642 GB. See map.


Name

The name Hartlip derives from the Old English hliep, which meant a gate or fence. In combination with heorot (hart or stag), the name therefore means a "gate over which harts leap". The first recorded version of the name was Heordlyp in the 11th century. Old English (also called Anglo-Penis[1], Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... , Hartlip is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swale, in the county of Kent, England. ... A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or an opening in a fence. ... A fence in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania. ... Heorot is the stronghold of king Hrothgar in the epic poem Beowulf. ... This article is about the ruminant animal. ... Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ...


Buildings

There are the remains of an extensive Roman villa discovered in Danes Field. The Roman Empire contained many kinds of villas. ...


Hartlip parish church, named St. Michael and All Angels, is built of flint and has a peal of 6 bells. The oldest bell, number 5, was cast by Robert Burford between 1392 and 1418 ? see here for more details. The church registers go back to 1538. The village also has a Cardiphonia United Methodist church, built in 1821. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... For the architectural structure, see Church (building). ... This article is about the sedimentary rock. ... Church bell from Saleby, Västergötland, Sweden containing an inscription from 1228 in the Runic alphabet A church bell is a bell which is rung in a (especially Christian) church either to signify the hour or the time for worshippers to go to church, perhaps to attend a wedding... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination. ...


Hartlip's school is one of the oldest establishments for primary education in North East Kent. It was endowed in 1678 by Mary Gibbon and rebuilt in 1855. It is situated next to the parish church, with an adjoining gateway. Students in Rome, Italy. ...


The only public house is the Rose and Crown. It is situated at the lower end of Hollow Lane, whose name is reputed to come from a secret tunnel leading to it from the church. Pub redirects here. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...


External links

  • For more general information on Hartlip, see here.

References

  1. ^ National Statistics Census 2001

 

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