Otham

St Nicholas's Church

Otham is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 523.[1]

The 12th-century parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building.[2] The vicar is Revd Andrew Sewell. Otham also has a number of mediaeval houses which are listed including Otham Manor (Grade I),[3] Synyards (Grade I)[4] and Stoneacre (Grade II*).[5] 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

Bearsted F.C. play at Honey Lane in Otham.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of Saint Nicholas (1250738)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Otham Manor (1250941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Synyards and Path Between Front Door and Road (1263084)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Stoneacre and Path Between Front Door and Road (1250995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Contact Bearsted Football Club Bearstead F.C.
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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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