Bridge, Kent
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Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
Bridge village is situated in the Nailbourne Valley in a rural setting on the old Roman road, Watling Street, formerly the main road between London and Dover. The village lies 2.5 miles south east of the city of Canterbury.
It is likely that the parish took its name from "Bregge" a bridge which crossed the River Little Stour, a tributary of the Stour itself.[2]
On the edge of the village are two large country estates. Bourne Park is a Queen Anne mansion dating from 1702. Higham Park is a large neoclassical mansion, once the home of eccentric racing driver Count Louis Zborowski. His giant-engined "Chitty Bang Bang" cars were built there, as was "Babs", the vehicle used in J.G. Parry-Thomas's attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927.
Local residents include the famous aviator "Steady" Eddie Ludlow.
[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
- ^ Bridge Village
[edit] External links
- Bridge village website
- Higham Park (Note: Higham Park is no longer open to the public)
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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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