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Horden

Horden is a village in the Maidstone district of , England. The population is included in the civil parish of . The village takes its name from the Horden family: Edward Horden was a courtier to three Tudor monarchs, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, serving as Clerk of the Green Cloth.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Horden, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include HM Prison Blantyre House and Bethany School.

Prison
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Category C/D resettlement prison for men, located on the outskirts of in , . The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service until it closed in January 2016 for refurbishment work.

School
is a private boarding and day school for girls and boys aged 11–18, in , , . The school was founded by a Baptist minister, The Reverend Joseph James Kendon, in 1866 and still places great emphasis on its Christian character.

Church
Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.
St Mary's Church is a in , , England. It is a Grade I listed building. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Horden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curtisden Green and Cranbrook.

Hamlet
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, lying 3 miles to the north of , , England. It is the location of Bethany School.

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the civil parish of and Sissinghurst, in the Weald of in . It lies roughly half-way between and , about 38 miles southeast of central London.

Village
Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.
is a small village in the in , . Originally called Milkhouse Street, changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the . is situated 3 miles southeast of Horden.

Horden

Latitude
51.13387° or 51° 8′ 2″ north
Longitude
0.50828° or 0° 30′ 30″ east
Open location code
9F324GM5+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29457891
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q5902960
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Horden” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Гордэн”
  • Dutch: “Horden, Kent”
  • French: “Horden”
  • Irish: “Horden, Kent”
  • Polish: “Horden (Kent)”
  • Polish: “Horden”
  • Welsh: “Horden, Caint”
  • Welsh: “Horden”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Horden”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.