Upper Hardres

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= Upper Hardres
latitude= 51.2355

longitude= 1.0809

population = 389 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795422&c=upper+hardres&d=16&e=15&g=457147&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 National Statistics] Census 2001]
civil_parish= Upper Hardres
shire_district= City of Canterbury
shire_county= Kent
region= South East England

constituency_westminster= Canterbury
post_town= CANTERBURY
postcode_district = CT4
postcode_area= CT
dial_code= 01227
os_grid_reference= TR152507

Upper Hardres is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East 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 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. [ [http://www.canterbury.co.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=353 Canterbury City Council] ]

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