Bramling Explained

Country:	England
Static Image:	The Haywain inn, Bramling, Kent.jpg
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Static Image Caption:	The Haywain inn, Bramling
Coordinates:	51.266°N 1.191°W
Official Name:	Bramling
Shire District:	City of Canterbury
Shire County:	Kent
Region:	South East England
Post Town:	Canterbury
Postcode District:	CT3
Postcode Area:	CT

Bramling is a hamlet five miles (8 km) east of Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the A257 road between Littlebourne and Wingham. The local public house is called The Haywain. The population of the hamlet taken at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Ickham and Well

Geography

Nearby are, or were, Bramling Bottom, Bramling Downs, and Bramlingcourt Farm.^[1] Bramling House, described as a fine example of Elizabethan architecture,^[2] was the seat of the Wood Family,^[3] whose scion, Thomas Philpott Wood also established Bramling House in Chesterfield. Bramling House and Bramlincourt Farm are in the Bramling conservation area.^[4]

History

Bramling is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of Henry III c. 1220, in reference to one Ralph of Bramling, Kent.^[5]

References

1. Book: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Fairfield. 1873. Eyre and Spottiswoode. 23.
2. Book: Sir Charles Igglesden. A Saunter Through Kent with Pen and Pencil. 1900. Kentish Express. 66.
3. Book: John Pym Yeatman. The feudal history of the County of Derby; (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries). 1886. Dalcassian Publishing Company.
4. News: The Bramling (Ickham and Well) Conservation Area . 18 November 2022 . The London Gazette . 54711 . 20 March 1997 . 3439.
5. Book: Exchequer. The Great Roll of the Pipe for the Fourth Year of the Reign of King Henry III, Michaelmas 1220 (Pipe Roll 64). 1987. Pipe Roll Society.