Historic churches · South East England
Blean
Blean is a village and civil parish 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 p
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Blean is a village and civil parish 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.
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Blean is a village and civil parish 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.
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Background
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. The name Blean is the dative form of the Old English word blea which means rough ground. 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…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3070, 1.0430
- County
- Kent
- District
- Canterbury
- Parish
- Blean
- Postcode
- CT2 9EZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Canterbury
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- wikipedia: Blean (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blean?
- Blean is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT2 9EZ), in the parish of Blean.
- Is Blean free to visit?
- Yes, Blean is free to enter.
- How do I get to Blean?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CT2 9EZ. It sits within the Canterbury parliamentary constituency.