Blean
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| Area | 13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi) |
| Population | 5,589 (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
| • Density | 409/km2 (1,060/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TR119608] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CANTERBURY |
| Postcode district | CT2 |
| Dialling code | 01227 |
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| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Blean is a village and civil parish[2] in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. The civil parish is large and is mostly woodland, much of which is ancient woodland. The developed village within the parish is scattered along the road between Canterbury and Whitstable, in the middle of the Forest of Blean. The parish of St Cosmus and St Damian in the Blean was renamed "Blean" on 1 April 2019.
History
According to Edward Hasted's 1800 county study, the village was once part of the king's ancient forest of Blean in the hundred of Westgate.[3]
The name Blean is the dative form of the Old English word blea which means rough ground.[4][5] Therefore the full name of the parish meant "the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in the rough ground."
In 1835, the Blean Union Workhouse, designed by William Edmunds, was built on four acres south of Herne Common. The design was based on Sir Francis Bond Head's Plan of a Rural Workhouse for 500 Persons, a publication of the Poor Law Commission. To keep costs down, no outside drains were added, and the building was windowless. Discipline was severe. A nine-year-old girl was once punished for a small offence by being forced to remain overnight in the mortuary with a corpse; however, the Master and Matron were dismissed as a result.[6]
Amenities
The village has a druid woodland sculpture park, noted for its large sleeping dragon. The east of the village has a hall and recreation ground used for sports. The recreation ground also has a small nature reserve at the top called Keir's meadow, managed by volunteers of the parish council. The nature reserve is relatively new and opened in 2002[7].
The parish church is about half a mile from the village centre. It is dedicated to St Cosmus and St Damian and emphasising some kind of descriptor of the land itself, has always been suffixed 'in the Blean'. It is a 13th-century building and Grade II* listed, the second highest designation in the national grading scheme.[8][9]
The village contains two pubs, a cafe, an archery store and a corner store.[citation needed]
Governance
Blean is part of the electoral ward of Blean Forest. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 6,176.[10]
Economy
Blean's economy is closely tied to Canterbury and to a lesser extent, Whitstable. In television entertainment Smallfilms operates here the production company that created the animated series Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and the Clangers, at Peter Firmin's barn on the Blean farm. The bay window of Firmin's house was featured in the opening sequence of Bagpuss.[11]
Eponyms
The Hunt-class destroyer HMS Blean was named after the village's Blean Beagles hunt.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density Script error: No such module "webarchive". United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blean". Mapit. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 9. Institute of Historical Research: 2–7. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.English, University of Nottingham – Institute of Name Studies School of. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blean Parish Council".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blean, Kent". The Workhouse: The Story of an Institution. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History". 20 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Church of St Cosmus and St Damian, St Cosmus and St Damian in the Blean". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blean Forest Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bagpuss - See Emily Play". BBC. London. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
External links
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