Trottiscliffe

Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe is located in Kent
Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe
Location within Kent
Population485 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ64606052
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWest Malling
Postcode districtME19
Dialling code[01732]
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Kent
51°19′12″N 0°21′39″E / 51.31997°N 0.36072°E / 51.31997; 0.36072

Trottiscliffe (/ˈtrɒzli/ ⓘ TROZ-lee)[2][3] is a village in Kent, England about 2.5 miles (4 km) north west of West Malling.

The church tower.
The Pilgrims' Way runs near Trottiscliffe

It is colloquially known as Trosley[citation needed] after Trosley Country Park at the top of the North Downs, which was once part of the Trosley Towers Estate. The spelling Trottesclyve [4] appears with nearby Hallyng in 1396.

Labelled as Trotterscliffe on the Ordnance Survey map published in 1870.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ Glover, Judith (1976). The Place Names of Kent. Batsford. ISBN 0-905270-61-4.
  3. ^ "Trottiscliffe Primary School". Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  4. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives. http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no541a/bCP40no541adorses/IMG_0721.htm; third entry, end of line 2 - a free warren trespass on lands of the bishop of Rochester