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Herne, Kent

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Herne
Smugglers Cottages
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
England
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 native bird in kent spotted in the village. According to the Visitor's Guide to Herne Bay, the theory lacks evidence. Nevertheless, the grey heron does 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 developed as the first landfall along the coast from Reculver, and its old medieval street pattern is still visible today.[5][6] In 1310, St Martin's Church became a parish church and was granted the privilege of a weekly market by Edward II in 1313.[7][8] Historically, Herne acted as a control for the flow of goods between Kent's north coast and Canterbury.[6] A petition was sent to Edward III around 1338 from Herne and Canterbury, requesting a pardon in relation to a suspected plot to kill John de Strode in Herne. The petition argued that the accusation was false, as Strode was still alive.[9]

Herne was in the Hundred of Blengate, which was held in the possession the Abbot of St Augustine in Canterbury until it was surrendered to the Crown in 1538.[10] In 1591, a special legislative session was held by Roger Manwood in Canterbury for a review of the convictions of a group of men rioting in Herne.[11] Letters sent from the Privy Council to the Bishop of Dover ordered the punishment of rioters, who caused fights by stopping corn wagons.[12]

The village grew only slowly until the 18th century, when wealthy families from Canterbury started visiting to take advantage of the village's close proximity to the sea.[13] Due to poverty, the village of Herne received charity relief in 1835.[14][15][16] On 1 April 1934, the parish was abolished and merged with Herne Bay.[17]

Amenities

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Herne has infant and junior schools, and a post office. The Butchers Arms micropub opened in Herne, in 2005.[18]

Notable buildings

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St Martin’s Church

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St Martin's Church is a grade I listed building in Herne.[19] There was once a 12th- to 13th-century chapel to the east of the present building.[20] 1976 archaeological excavations inside the church indicated that the first church was similar to the earliest Anglo-Saxon ones found in Kent.[21][22] The historian Nicholas Brooks noted that the Domesday Monachorum lists Herne as the location of a minster.[22][23] 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.[22]

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.[22]

During 1296, the church was in the vicarage of the archbishop's manor.[24] A building campaign began in 1301; a west tower on the north aisle and a new north aisle and arcade were built.[25]

Inscribed and dated, 23rd June 1842. Provenance: Album of Ebenezer Landells studies.

In 1310, the church became a parish church.[7] Stone blocks from the earlier chapel were reused for St Martin's Church.[25] 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.[26][27] The earliest such monument is Peter Halle, a knight who died in 1430; he is shown holding hands with Lady Elizabeth Waleys.[28][29]

Nicholas Ridley was appointed vicar of Herne in 1538 by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, and collaborated 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.[30][31] In response to his preference for the liturgy of the Protestant Church he was burned at the stake by the order of Queen Mary.[32] During the 19th century the church was extensively restored by the architect Francis Butler.[26][33]

Hawe Manor

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In the 15th century, Matthew Phillip, who rose to be appointed warden of the goldsmiths' guild and Lord Mayor of London, owned Hawe Manor.[34] Later the manor, a little under half a mile (733 m) north-east of Herne, was the home of John Fineux, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1495 to 1526.[35][36]

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Author Russell Hoban repurposes Bullockstone as "Bollock Stoanes" in his 1980, post-apocalyptic novel, Riddley Walker.[37]

Local culture

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In 1835 a folk legend told by locals relating to Herne and Hunter’s Forstal is recorded.[16]

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.[16]

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. 1 2 Clancy, John (15 April 2015). Herne Bay Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4032-7.
  7. 1 2 Gough 1992, pp. 91–2.
  8. ↑ Brayley, Edward Wedlake; Britton, John (1808). The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Kent. T. Maiden.
  9. ↑ "Petitioners: James Hicke of Herne; Hamo Hicke; John de Haghe of Herne; Thomas Nichole;..." discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "The hundred of Blengate: Introduction | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  11. ↑ Recognizance and memorandum of Special Sessions at Canterbury, regarding the conviction of George Ryder for kidnapping John son of John Seathe of Herne decd. aged six years; and of George, Nicholas and John Ryder and Samuel Parker for a riot at Herne. Taken before Roger Manwood, chief baron of the Exchequer. 3 August 1591.
  12. ↑ Privy Council letter to the Bishop of Dover, Peter Manwood, John Boys and Mathew Had ordering the punishment of those causing the riot at Herne by stopping of corn wagons (see QM/SB/82, 85). 6 April 1596.
  13. ↑ Clancy, John (15 April 2015). Herne Bay Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4032-7.
  14. ↑ Jerrold, Douglas (1860). The Brownrigg Papers. John Camden Hotten.
  15. ↑ Knowledge: An Illustrated Magazine of Science. (1882). United Kingdom: (n.p.).
  16. 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.).
  17. ↑ "Relationships and changes Herne CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Martin (1084972)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Herne St Martin in Herne | National Churches Trust". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  21. ↑ Philp & Gough 1976.
  22. 1 2 3 4 Brooks 1984.
  23. ↑ "Domesday Monachorum". Hull Domesday Project. n.d. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  24. ↑ "Parishes: Herne | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  25. 1 2 "St Martin Church, Herne". Kent History & Archaeology. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  26. 1 2 Listed Building record TR 16 NE 3 - CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, Herne Dec 5 2023 4:48PM
  27. ↑ "Church of St Martin, Herne and Broomfield - 1084972 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  28. ↑ 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
  29. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Church of St Martin, Herne Bay, Kent". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  30. ↑ Duncombe 1784, pp. 107–8.
  31. ↑ Gough 2001, p. 254.
  32. ↑ Gore, David (2006). On Kentish Chalk: A Farming Family of the North Downs. David Gore. ISBN 978-0-9530912-2-5.
  33. ↑ Clancy, John (15 April 2015). Herne Bay Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4032-7.
  34. ↑ Sparks 1984a, p. 28.
  35. ↑ Sparks 1984b, p. 44.
  36. ↑ Campbell 1849, pp. 158–9.
  37. ↑ "Places – Riddley Walker Annotations". Errorbar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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