Platt, Kent Explained

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Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church
Country:England
Official Name:Platt
Coordinates:51.289°N 0.325°W
Population:1,679
Population Ref:(2011 Census)[1]
Shire District:Tonbridge and Malling
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Tonbridge and Malling
Post Town:Sevenoaks
Postcode District:TN15
Postcode Area:TN
Os Grid Reference:TQ622570

Platt, or St. Mary's Platt is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England.

Geography, history and notable residents

The hamlet of Crouch (pronounced Crooch) lies within the parish. The River Bourne flows through the western part of the parish. Basted paper mill was within the parish boundary.

The Anglican parish church of St Mary's dates from 1843 and stands on a hill overlooking the village centre. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone.[2]

BBC broadcaster Adam Curtis grew up in Platt.[3] The broadcaster James Whale (radio presenter) is a current resident. The comedian Jo Brand attended Platt primary school. The actor Richard Hearne, who lived at the 15th-century Platt Farm on Long Mill Lane from the 1940s, is buried in the churchyard.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 23 September 2016. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: A History of the Church Building . St Mary's, Platt . https://web.archive.org/web/20180902222311/http://stmarysplattchurch.org.uk/history/ . 2 September 2018.
  3. News: Lethem. Jonathan. Adam Curtis and the Secret History of Everything. 6 February 2017. The New York Times. 27 October 2016.
  4. "The Television Annual for 1952", ed. Kenneth Baily, Odhams Press, p. 94.