Otham

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St Nicholas's Church

Otham is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England.

The 12th-century parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building.^[1] The vicar is Revd Andrew Sewell. Otham also has a number of mediaeval houses which are listed including Otham Manor (Grade I),^[2] Synyards (Grade I)^[3] and Stoneacre (Grade II*).^[4] Stoneacre is a small National Trust property, which is a private residence but opened to visitors on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays from April - September.

Otham has a circular walk of 7 km which includes the Spot Lane Nature Reserve and Stoneacre. Details of it are available from its parish website as a pdf file.

The White Horse pub is located in Otham.The White Horse Inn had two Publicans, once William Goodwin b1746 and son Solomon William Goodwin b1833 Source: English Post Office Records

Sport and leisure

Otham has two Non-League football clubs playing at Honey Lane, Bearsted F.C. in the Kent Invicta League^[5] and APM Contrast F.C. in the Kent County League.^[6]

References

↑ English Heritage. "Church of Saint Nicholas (1250738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011 .
↑ English Heritage. "Otham Manor (1250941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011 .
↑ English Heritage. "Synyards and Path Between Front Door and Road (1263084)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011 .
↑ English Heritage. "Stoneacre and Path Between Front Door and Road (1250995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011 .
↑ Bearsted FC page on Kent Invicta League website Retrieved 4 July 2013
↑ APM Contrast page on Kent County League website Retrieved 4 July 2013

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otham.

Otham Parish website
History of Otham dating from 1798, by Hasted, at British History Online website
National Trust webpages on Stoneacre
Bearsted FC website

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Coordinates: 51°15′N 0°34′E / 51.250°N 0.567°E / 51.250; 0.567

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