Northbourne
| Northbourne | |
|---|---|
 A house in Northbourne | |
  Northbourne | |
| Northbourne shown within Kent | |
| Population | 772 (Including Betteshanger , Finglesham , Hacklinge and Marley. 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TR3352 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Deal |
| Postcode district | CT14 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Northbourne is a village near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current, and prior, Baron Northbourne.[2] It should not be confused with an area in Bournemouth of the same name.
KentSalads Ltd were based in Northbourne until they relocated to Tilmanstone and renamed themselves Tilmanstone Salads. Kentsalads were the first UK company to produce Iceberg lettuce commercially.
It is also on the Miner's Way Trail. Linking up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.[3]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Paull, John (2014) Lord Northbourne, the man who invented organic farming, a biography Journal of Organic Systems, 9 (1), pp. 31-53.
- ↑ "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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