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Brabourne

Village in Kent, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Brabourne
population	1309
area_total_km2	14.77
population_ref	(Civil Parish 2011)
static_image_name	Fingerpost, Brabourne.JPG
shire_district	Ashford
region	South East England
shire_county	Kent
constituency_westminster	Ashford
post_town	ASHFORD
postcode_district	TN25
postcode_area	TN
dial_code	01303
os_grid_reference	TR085405
coordinates

Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village centre is 4.5 mi east of Ashford town centre.

Geography

The village originated around the village church and this area is now usually referred to as East Brabourne. The original village has been outgrown by Brabourne Lees, a development on former common land, closer to the A20 and M20 roads. The western part of the parish is a rural area with scattered farms.

Church

thumb|left|St Mary the Virgin's Church The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin; there is also a Zion Strict Baptist Chapel in Brabourne Lees. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone, in the Norman and Early English styles, and has a tower which was restored in 1923-24, containing six bells, increased to eight in 2002. There are numerous monuments to the Scott family, some brasses and several stained glass windows, one of which contains very early glass; the church affords seating for 200. The restoration was carried out by Sir Gilbert Scott.

In popular culture

Author Russell Hoban repurposes Brabourne as "Brabbas Horn" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker.

References

[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] {{Webarchive. link. (11 February 2003 [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Retrieved 10 May 2014)
Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South''. London: Collins; p. 247
"Places - Riddley Walker Annotations".

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