East Malling
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East Malling is a village in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, in the part of the civil parish of East Malling and Larkfield lying south of the A20 road. In 2019 the ward had an estimated population of 5,478.[1]
History
The earliest recorded reference to East Malling is "in a Charter of King Edmund I (reigned 939 – 946 AD) which refers to ‘East Mealing’, describing a gallows."[2] East Malling was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mellingete.[3]
Farming was common in the area until the 1960s especially of hops and fruit orchards, and some of this activity remains today including the East Malling Research Station. After World War II, Malling Rural District Council developed the Step Stile and Clare Park housing estates.
Amenities
The ragstone church[4] is dedicated to St James the Great, and forms part of a Conservation Area on the High Street. It boasts of a clerestoried nave dating from the 14th century.[5] Within the church lies Sir Thomas Twisden, a high court judge who presided at the trials of the regicides of Charles I.[5]
St James is the primary school, and the main secondary school for the area is The Malling School.
Transport
There is a railway station at East Malling with services to Maidstone, Ashford & London.
Media
Much of the location filming for the 1960s BBC comedy programme "Mr Pastry" took place in the countryside around East Malling.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Richard Hearne who starred had lived in a neighbouring village, St Mary Platt, and knew the area well.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Notable people
- Paxton Whitehead (1937–2023), actor and theatre director, born in East Malling[6]
- Sir Thomas Twisden, 1st Baronet (1602–1683), owner of Bradbourne House from 1656.[7][5]
Climate
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Nearest settlements
See also
References
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- ↑ Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council https://www.tmbc.gov.uk/downloads/file/1252/medway-gap-character-area-spd-adopted-part-1
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- ↑ Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1099148
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External links
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- East Malling and Larkfield Parish Council
- East Malling church
- Village website
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