Hever, Kent

Human settlement in England

Hever

St Peter's Hever, the parish church

Hever

Location within Kent

Population| 1,231 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference| TQ4744
Civil parish|

* Hever

District|

* Sevenoaks

Shire county|

* Kent

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Edenbridge
Postcode district| TN8
Dialling code| 01732
Police| Kent
Fire| Kent
Ambulance| South East Coast
UK Parliament|

* Tonbridge and Malling

List of places

England
Kent

51°10′59″N 0°06′36″E﻿ / ﻿51.183°N 0.110°E﻿ / 51.183; 0.110

Hever village is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the River Eden, a tributary of the River Medway, east of Edenbridge. It is 5 miles (8 km) by 1-mile (1.6 km) in extent, and 3,062 acres (12.39 km2) in area. The parish includes the villages of Four Elms, Hever itself, and Markbeech, and has a population of 1,136,[2] increasing to 1,231 at the 2011 Census.[1]

The place-name 'Hever' may come from 'Heanyfre', meaning 'high edge',[3] which is attested in Saxon charter S175 of 814, referring to an altogether different place.

Hever contains Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.

There are three parish churches, one at each village. All are one united benefice. In the parish church of St Peter is the tomb of Thomas Boleyn, the father of Anne Boleyn and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.

Hever railway station is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of the village by total road distance. It is on the Oxted line between Uckfield and Oxted, with services often continuing to London Bridge.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
2. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish headcounts : Sevenoaks Retrieved 15 November 2009
3. ^ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.237.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hever, Kent.

* Hever parish council
* The three churches

* v
* t
* e

Towns and villages in the Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

* Ash
* Badgers Mount
* Bough Beech
* Brasted
* Brasted Chart
* Chartwell
* Chevening
* Chiddingstone
* Chiddingstone Causeway
* Chiddingstone Hoath
* Chipstead
* Cowden
* Crockenhill
* Crockham Hill
* Dunton Green
* Edenbridge
* Eynsford
* Farningham
* Fawkham
* Fawkham Green
* Fordcombe
* Four Elms
* Godden Green
* Halstead
* Hartley
* Hever
* Hextable
* Hildenborough
* Hodsoll Street
* Horton Kirby
* Ide Hill
* Kemsing
* Knockholt
* Leigh
* Markbeech
* New Ash Green
* Otford
* Penshurst
* Ridley
* Riverhead
* Seal
* Seal Chart
* Sevenoaks
* Sevenoaks Weald
* Shoreham
* South Darenth
* Sundridge
* Swanley
* Swanley Village
* Toys Hill
* Underriver
* Well Hill
* West Kingsdown
* Westerham

List of places in Kent

Authority control

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

This Kent location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template