Chartham
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| Chartham | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 3,351 [1] |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TR108549 |
| Administration | |
| Parish: | Chartham |
| District: | City of Canterbury |
| Shire county: | Kent |
| 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: | Kent Fire & Rescue Service |
| Ambulance: | South East Coast |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | CANTERBURY |
| Postal district: | CT4 7?? |
| Dialling code: | 01227 73???? |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Canterbury |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
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Chartham is a village and civil parish in Kent, 4 miles west of Canterbury.
Located on the River Great Stour which provides power for the paper mills. The name literally means ‘Village on rough ground’, and the word "Chart" is also found in other villages in Kent with this meaning. Paper making has been a major occupation for the last 625 years. The Paper Mill in Chartham has the nick name of "The Old Man" due to its building shape, dates from the late eighteenth century and specialises in the production of tracing paper. In the summer, many caravans park up outside the Paper Mill in their annual Caravan Paper convention.
The church of St Mary the Virgin, is located next to the village green and is remarkable for containing the oldest peal of bells in Kent. It was built in approximately 1294 and features a number of impressive brasses, including that of St Robert de Setvans.
The village is continuous with the smaller Shalmsford to the west, and was until recently the location of St Augustine's Mental Hospital, formerly known as the East Kent Lunatic Asylum. The northern, upper, part of the village is known as Chartham Hatch.
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- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
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Adisham • Barham • Bekesbourne • Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne • Bishopsbourne • Blean • Bridge • Chartham • Chartham Hatch • Chestfield • Chislet • East Stourmouth • Fordwich • Greenhill • Hackington • Harbledown • Herne • Herne and Broomfield • Herne Bay • Hersden • Hoath • Ickham • Ickham and Well • Kingston • Littlebourne • Lower Hardres • Marshside • Patrixbourne • Petham • Plucks Gutter • Reculver • Stourmouth • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper Harbledown • Upper Hardres • Waltham • Westbere • Whitstable • Wickhambreaux • Womenswold |
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| The district of the City of Canterbury List of places in Kent |
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