Hoo St Werburgh
Coordinates: 51°25′23″N 0°33′29″E / 51.423°N 0.558°E
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 Hoo seen from across the Medway |
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 Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh shown within Kent |
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| Population | 7,356 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TQ7872 |
| Civil parish | Hoo St Werburgh |
| Unitary authority | Medway |
| Ceremonial county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROCHESTER |
| Postcode district | ME3 |
| Dialling code | 01634 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Rochester and Strood |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, with a population of 7,356 at the 2001 census.
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[edit] History
St. Werburgh was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia, and niece of King Æthelred, his brother and successor. She was born between 640 and 650.
The first church of Hoo St Werburgh may have been built in the reign of the 8th century King Æthelbald of Mercia, though presumably a monastery existed nearby at an earlier time.[1] This, together with land at Hoo All Hallows, is likely to have been placed under the rule of the leading Mercian monastery of Medeshamstede, now known as Peterborough.[2]
A feature which is found in the church, and is considered to be unique, are the two royal coats of arms belonging to King James I and Queen Elizabeth I. Recently these have been restored, and they can be seen in the church.
The parish records of 1851 give the population as 1,065.
Thomas Aveling, of Aveling and Porter, the first British manufacturer of steamrollers, is buried in the cemetery.
A workhouse was in use here until the 1930s, and the secondary school bears the name "Hundred of Hoo School".
Broad Street appeared as Brodestrete in 1478.[3] Jacobs Lane is named after the family of Stephen Jacobe of Hoo (1480).
[edit] Education
Hoo is served by two schools. These are Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School.
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School is for pupils aged 4 – 11 years of age. There are a total of 386 pupils arranged into 14 classes with two classes per year group in the main school. Attached to the school is the Marlborough Centre which caters for children diagnosed as autistic. The centre has 54 children arranged into six classes.[4]
The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School is for pupils aged 11 – 18 years of age. There are a total of 1,600 pupils. The school caters for secondary aged pupils from various villages on the Hoo peninsula.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Anglo-Saxon Charter S 233 Archive Peterborough. British Academy ASChart project. Retrieved on May 11, 2008.
- ^ Brooks, N. P., The Early History of the Church of Canterbury, Leicester University Press, 1984, 193-7, 205.
- ^ The Place Names Of Kent, Judith Glover, 1976, Batsford ISBN 0905270 614. "Broad Street".
- ^ http://www.hoo-st-werburgh.medway.sch.uk/
- ^ https://www.hooschool.co.uk/index.phtml?d=25217
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hoo St Werburgh |
The History And Topographical Survey Of Kent Volume 4: Survey Of Hoo St. Werburgh (1798)
Hoo Saint Werburgh Parish Council http://www.hoosaintwerburgh-pc.gov.uk/
