Upper Hardres
Upper Hardres /hɑːrdz/ is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury District of Kent, England.
| Upper Hardres | |
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 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)[1] |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TR152507 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| 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 | |
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 this area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. It is a said that Thomas Hardres, who was knighted for his valour 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]
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