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Herne
Smugglers Cottages
Herne Public Houses
Herne is located in Kent
Herne
Herne
Location within Kent
Population7,325 (2001)[1] (parish)
OS grid referenceTR181658
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHERNE BAY
Postcode districtCT6
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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Kent
51°20′57″N 1°07′59″E / 51.3492°N 1.1331°E / 51.3492; 1.1331

Herne /hɜːrn/ is a village in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield, in Canterbury district, in the county of Kent, England. It is divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay. Between Herne and Broomfield, is the former hamlet of Hunters Forstal. Herne Common lies to the south on the A291 road.

Etymology

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The word Herne, or Hearne, is derived from the Saxon word Hyrne or Hurne, signifying a nook or corner.[2] It has been suggested that the name might originate from the grey heron, a wading bird of freshwater streams which once scavenged among sesweed on the coast near Herne. However, according to the Visitor's Guide to Herne Bay of 1859, that theory lacks evidence. Nevertheless, the grey heron did appear on the crest of the Knowler family of Herne, and on the badge of Herne Bay Urban District Council.[3][4]

History

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Herne was possibly developed as the first landfall along the coast of Reculver, and its old medieval street pattern is still visible.[5][6]

In the 15th century Matthew Phillip, of a family based at nearby Greenhill, became a goldsmith in London, rising to become warden of the goldsmiths' guild there, and was Lord Mayor of London from 1463 to 1464.[7][8] He also owned Hawe Manor, a little under half a mile (733 m) north-east of Herne.[9] His second wife Christina was probably buried in a chapel dedicated to St John the Baptist, on the north side of the church, where a monumental brass was placed in her memory, dated 1470.[8] Hawe Manor was later home to John Fineux, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1495 to 1526.[10][11]

Due to poverty, the village of Herne received charity relief in 1835;[12][13][14] donors included Sir W.Selby and J.Smith.[15] In the same year, a folk legend was recorded.[14]

A legend is repeated to strangers at Herne, that, many years ago, a rich squire of the neighbourhood went a-coursing on the Sabbath day, and was torn to pieces by his own greyhounds. The place where this happened, is called Hunter's Forstal, a mile or two from Herne.[14]

In 1908, a case of enteric fever was reported at Herne Street.[16] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 2269.[17][18] On 1 April 1934, the parish was abolished and merged with Herne Bay.[19][20]

Amenities

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Herne has infant and junior schools, and a post office. The Butchers Arms micropub opened in Herne, in 2005.[21]

St Martin's Church

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Offered for sale in November 2019 by Abbott and Holder, when it was described as "KENT (subject) Anon. 1842. ‘Herne Church’. Pencil, watercolour and gouache. Inscribed and dated, 23rd June 1842. Provenance: Album of Ebenezer Landells studies. 7.25x10.75 inches."
St Martin's Church, Anon, 1842
St Martin's Church, in 2008

St Martin's Church is a grade I listed building in Herne.[22]

Medieval

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There was once a 12th- to 13th-century chapel to the east of the present building.[23] 1976 archaeological excavations inside St Martin's Church at Herne, which consisted of only a nave and an apsidal chancel, indicated that the first church there was similar to the earliest Anglo-Saxon ones in Kent. Examples are those at Rochester, Canterbury, Reculver and Lyminge.[24][25]

The historian Nicholas Brooks noted that the Domesday Monachorum lists Herne as the location of a minster.[25][26] Brooks speculated that this referred to the church excavated, and that it may have been founded in the 7th or 8th century, but perhaps as late as the 11th century.[25] However, he regarded it as,

Perhaps most likely that the foundation of a [minster] at Herne should be attributed to the tenth century when attempts were being made to recover from the devastation of the Viking incursions.[25]

A church at Herne is recorded as having been a chapelry belonging to St Mary's Church, Reculver.[27] During 1296, the church was in the vicarage of (i.e. was run by) the archbishop's manor.[28] A building campaign began in 1301; a west tower on the north aisle and a new north aisle and arcade were built. Later, the south arcade and aisles of the church were rebuilt.[29]

In 1310, Herne Church became a parish church.[27] It is believed that the old church was rebuilt in full between 1310 and 1340.[30] Stone blocks from the earlier chapel were reused for St Martin's Church. The earliest of these blocks is the chip-carved type, of around 1100.[29] The earlier 14th-century church windows are low in comparison to the later ones of the same century, and they feature Gothic elements such as intersecting tracery, and foiled circles at the window arches. The middle window has a foiled circle over its vertical tracery. The plastering and painting of the church interior is that of the 14th century.[31][32]

Renaissance

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There are many monuments, the most notable of which are in the north chapel. The earliest such monument is Peter Halle, a knight who died in 1430; he is shown holding hands with Lady Elizabeth Waleys.[33][34] There are two 16th-century windows with vertical tracery.[citation needed]

Nicholas Ridley was appointed vicar of Herne in 1538 by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who frequently occupied nearby Ford Palace, and collaborated with Ridley on the Forty-two articles of Religion. Ridley held the position until 1550 when he ordered the choir to sing the Te Deum in English rather than Latin.[35][36] In response to his preference for the liturgy of the Protestant Church he was burned at the stake by the order of Queen Mary, as part of the Marian persecutions.[37]

19th-century

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During the 19th century the church was extensively restored by the architect Francis Butler. The chapel was extended with a pair of floral arches, and head corbels were added to the north side. There was a statue niche with an Annunciation group, and two cusped plaques with lilies in the gable.[31][38] In 1899 it was reported that tour guides told visitors that the tomb at the north wall was that of Queen Bertha.[39]

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Author Russell Hoban repurposes Bullockstone as "Bollock Stoanes" in his 1980, post-apocalyptic novel, Riddley Walker.[40]

Notable People

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References

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  1. ↑ National Statistics Archived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Census 2001
  2. ↑ "Parishes: Herne | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Millgate, W. F. (1897). Millgate's Herne Bay guide.
  4. ↑ The Visitor's Guide to Herne Bay and Its Neighbourhood. With a Directory. 1859.
  5. ↑ "The Parish". Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Clancy, John (15 April 2015). Herne Bay Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4032-7.
  7. ↑ Noorthouck 1773, pp. 889–93.
  8. 1 2 Sparks 1984a, pp. 26–8.
  9. ↑ Sparks 1984a, p. 28.
  10. ↑ Sparks 1984b, p. 44.
  11. ↑ Campbell 1849, pp. 158–9.
  12. ↑ Jerrold, Douglas (1860). The Brownrigg Papers. John Camden Hotten.
  13. ↑ Knowledge: An Illustrated Magazine of Science. (1882). United Kingdom: (n.p.).
  14. 1 2 3 A Picture of the New Town of Herne Bay, Its Beauties, History, and the Curiosities in Its Vicinity, Including Some Particulars of the Roman Town Called Reculver. By a Lady ... (1835). United Kingdom: (n.p.).
  15. ↑ Charities, Great Britain Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning (1843). Public Charities: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. W. Clowes and sons.
  16. ↑ East Kent Joint Committee (1908). [Report 1908]. Wellcome Library.
  17. ↑ "Population statistics Herne CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "Population statistics Herne CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  19. ↑ "Relationships and changes Herne CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  20. ↑ "Relationships and changes Herne CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  21. ↑ "A local pub for local people: 'Micropubs' are catching on". The Independent. 17 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  22. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (1084972)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  23. ↑ "Herne St Martin in Herne | National Churches Trust". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  24. ↑ Philp & Gough 1976.
  25. 1 2 3 4 Brooks 1984.
  26. ↑ "Domesday Monachorum". Hull Domesday Project. n.d. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  27. 1 2 Gough 1992, pp. 91–2.
  28. ↑ "Parishes: Herne | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  29. 1 2 "St Martin Church, Herne". Kent History & Archaeology. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "St Martin Church, Herne". Kent History & Archaeology. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  31. 1 2 Listed Building record TR 16 NE 3 - CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, Herne Dec 5 2023 4:48PM
  32. ↑ "Church of St Martin, Herne and Broomfield - 1084972 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  33. ↑ Barker, Jessica, ed. (2020), "Gazetteer of Hand-Joining Monuments", Stone Fidelity: Marriage and Emotion in Medieval Tomb Sculpture, Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 281–296, ISBN 978-1-78744-692-2, retrieved 28 July 2026{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  34. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Church of St Martin, Herne Bay, Kent". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  35. ↑ Duncombe 1784, pp. 107–8.
  36. ↑ Gough 2001, p. 254.
  37. ↑ Gore, David (2006). On Kentish Chalk: A Farming Family of the North Downs. David Gore. ISBN 978-0-9530912-2-5.
  38. ↑ Clancy, John (15 April 2015). Herne Bay Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4032-7.
  39. ↑ Watkinson, James (1889). Herne Bay illustrated.
  40. ↑ "Places – Riddley Walker Annotations". Errorbar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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