Upper Hardres Explained

Official Name:Upper Hardres
Coordinates:51.2152°N 1.0811°W
Os Grid Reference:TR152507
Static Image Name:File:Southwest View of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Upper Hardres.jpg
Static Image Width:220
Static Image Caption:The medieval Church of St Peter and St Paul in Upper Hardres
Population:385
Population Ref:(Civil Parish 2011)[1]
Area Total Km2:8.11
Civil Parish:Upper Hardres
Shire District:City of Canterbury
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Canterbury
Post Town:CANTERBURY
Postcode District:CT4
Postcode Area:CT
Dial Code:01227

Upper Hardres is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury, in the district of Kent, England.

The name of the Hardres family is perpetuated in the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres (pronounced 'hards'), on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. The family owned the area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. It is said that Thomas Hardres, who was knighted for his valor at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, brought back the town gates and erected them at Upper Hardres, though there is little evidence of their existence today.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20030827094533/http://www.canterbury.co.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=353 Canterbury City Council