Bramling

Bramling is a hamlet five miles (8 km) east of Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the A257 road between Littlebourne and Wingham. The local public house is called The Haywain. The population of the hamlet taken at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Ickham and Well

Bramling
The Haywain inn, Bramling
Bramling Location within Kent
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Canterbury
Postcode district	CT3
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
List of places UK England Kent 51.266°N 1.191°E / 51.266; 1.191

Geography

Nearby are, or were, Bramling Bottom, Bramling Downs, and Bramlingcourt Farm.^[1] Bramling House, described as a fine example of Elizabethan architecture,^[2] was the seat of the Wood Family,^[3] whose scion, Thomas Philpott Wood also established Bramling House in Chesterfield.^[3] Bramling House and Bramlingcourt Farm are in the Bramling conservation area.^[4]

History

Bramling is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of Henry III c. 1220, in reference to one Ralph of Bramling, Kent.^[5]