Upper Hardres

Upper Hardres
The medieval Church of St Peter and St Paul in Upper Hardres
Upper Hardres is located in Kent
Upper Hardres
Upper Hardres
Location within Kent
Area8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population385 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTR152507
Civil parish
  • Upper Hardres
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCANTERBURY
Postcode districtCT4
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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Kent
51°12′55″N 1°04′52″E / 51.2152°N 1.0811°E / 51.2152; 1.0811

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]

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