Upper Hardres

Upper Hardres
Upper Hardres
	The medieval Church of St Peter and St Paul in Upper Hardres
	Upper Hardres Location within Kent
Area	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population	385 (Civil Parish 2011)
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR152507
Civil parish	Upper Hardres;
District	City of Canterbury;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°12′55″N 1°04′52″E / 51.2152°N 1.0811°E

Upper Hardres /hɑːrdz/ is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury, in the district of Kent, England.

The name of the Hardres family is perpetuated in the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres (pronounced 'hards'), on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. The family owned the area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. It is said that Thomas Hardres, who was knighted for his valor at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, brought back the town gates and erected them at Upper Hardres, though there is little evidence of their existence today.^[2]

References

^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
^ Canterbury City Council

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[ons-1] Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013

[2] Canterbury City Council

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