Hartlip

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Hartlip
latitude= 51.3477
longitude= 0.6432
population = 769 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795587&c=hartlip&d=16&e=15&g=459731&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 National Statistics] Census 2001] (Parish)
shire_district= Swale
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Sittingbourne and Sheppey
post_town=|postcode_district = ME9
postcode_area= ME |dial_code=
os_grid_reference= TQ841642

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.

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 50 m above sea level.

"Ordnance Survey grid reference: TQ 838 642 GB. See [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/?gazString=hartlip 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 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/places/names/names_h.shtml Heordlyp] in the 11th century.

Buildings

There are the remains of an extensive Roman villa discovered in Danes Field.

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 [http://www.kent.lovesguide.com/hartlip.htm here] for more details. The church registers go back to 1538. The village also has a Cardiphonia United Methodist church, built in 1821.

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.

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.

External links

*For more general information on Hartlip, see [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/dir08hart.html here] .

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