Rodmersham

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Rodmersham
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St Nicholas Church, Rodmersham
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Population555 (2011 Census)[1]
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Rodmersham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swale in the north of the English county of Kent. It is just under 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Bapchild on the A2 road and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of the town of Sittingbourne. Rodmersham Green, which forms the bulk of the modern village, is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south-west of the village church towards the Highsted Valley and Tunstall.

History

In 1798, Edward Hasted records that the parish was made up of 1,050 acres (420 ha) of land, of which 75 acres (30 ha) were woodland.[2]

It was under the control of the Manor of Milton, who controlled most of Kent.[2] In King Richard II's reign, it was owned by John de Podach (from Devonshire). His descendants renamed themselves 'Pordage'. In the reign of King James I, it was owned by Sir William Pordage. In 1615, he renamed the manor house, 'New House',[2] now (Grade II listed) and called Rodmersham House.[3] In Queen Anne's reign it passed to the Lushington family. Which included Mr Thomas Lushington, a noted scholar, born in Sandwich in 1589, and afterwards educated at Oxford. The manor house stayed in the private hands of the family.[2]

The village church, (the Grade I listed) Church of St Nicholas,[4] is in the diocese of Canterbury, and deanery of Sittingborne.[2] The church contains an example of a timber sedilia thought to be 15th century. The altar and reredos are by Buckeridge and Floyce, described as representing "the best order of ecclesiastical art, viz., the 15th Century German, whilst the character of the ornament is founded on the old Norfolk work".[5]

Rodmersham Green

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Cottages on Rodmersham Green

Hasted notes that Rodmersham Green also had a nearby hamlet of Upper Rodmersham,[2] which is to the south of the village in an area traditionally used for orchards. There was a windmill at the north end of Rodmersham Green, built in 1835 and demolished in September 1969.[6]

The village has six listed buildings: Baker Cottages,[7] Pardoners Cottage,[8] Holly Tree Lodge,[9] Victoria House,[10] Orsett House,[11] and Vine Cottages.[12] It also has a primary school,[13] the Fruiterers Arms public house,[14] Rodmersham Coffee Shop and two sporting venues, Rodmersham Cricket Club[15] and Rodmersham Squash Club.[16]

The artist Edward Ardizzone had a second home at 5 Vine Cottages, Rodermersham Green from the 1950s and took up full-time residence in 1972, dying in the village in 1979.[17]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 499–531. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rodmersham House, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Church of St Nicholas, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District News". Cheltenham Chronicle. 29 September 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 5 October 2020 – via British Library Newspapers.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Exploring Kent's Past". Kent Gov UK. Kent County Council. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Baker Cottages, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pardoners Cottage, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Holly Tree Lodge, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Victoria House, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Orsett House, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vine Cottages, Rodmersham". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  13. ^ Rodmersham Primary School
  14. ^ Fruiterers Arms
  15. ^ Rodmersham Cricket Club
  16. ^ Rodmersham Squash Club
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ardizzone, Edward (1900–1979)". English Heritage. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

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