Cobham, Kent - Citizendia

Cobham
Cobham shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ671683
District	Gravesham
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gravesend
Postcode district	DA12
Dialling code	01474
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Gravesham
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°23′23″N 0°24′03″E / 51.3898, 0.4008

Not to be confused with Cobham, Surrey. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The name 'Gravesham' Robert H Hiscock Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society in the foreword to his book 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore 1976 wrote Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Dartford postcode area, is a group of 18 postal districts in south east Greater London and north west Kent which are subdivisions The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Kent Police, a Home Office police force polices Kent in England, including the unitary authority of Medway. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Kent covering a geographical area south of London The South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb is the NHS Ambulance Services Trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Gravesham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of places in Kent, England split by local government district and sorted alphabetically A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Cobham is a town in Surrey, England, about south-west of London; and north of Leatherhead.

Cobham is a small village and civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The name 'Gravesham' Robert H Hiscock Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society in the foreword to his book 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore 1976 wrote KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is located south of Watling Street, the old road from Dover to London, six miles SE of Gravesend. Watling Street is the name given to an Ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Cobham parish is part of Gravesham Borough. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches The name 'Gravesham' Robert H Hiscock Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society in the foreword to his book 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore 1976 wrote A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice The hamlet of Sole Street lies within the parish. It covers an area of 1240ha and has a population of 1328 persons (2001 census).

The village, because of strict planning laws, remains relatively unspoilt. The church is 13th century, and has brasses which are reputedly the finest in England. Monumental brass is a species of engraved sepulchral memorial which in the early part of the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments Next to the church is Cobham College, a one-time home for secular priests, and now acting as almshouses. Almshouses are charitable Housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay Cobham Hall was the former 17th century home of the Earls of Darnley: its gardens were designed by Humphry Repton and the surrounding woods contain the Darnley Mausoleum, a grade 1 listed building now undergoing restoration. Cobham Hall is a Country house in Cobham Kent, England. There has been a Manor house on the site since the 12th century Earl of Darnley is at title that has been created three times twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland. Humphry Repton ( 21 April 1752 &ndash 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century The Darnley Mausoleum, is a Grade I Listed Building situated in Cobham Woods Kent Since 1957, the Hall has been a public school for girls (Cobham Hall School); it opens to the public on some occasions in the year. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Cobham Hall is a Country house in Cobham Kent, England. There has been a Manor house on the site since the 12th century

Cobham has strong links with Charles Dickens, who used to walk out to the village: he set part of Pickwick Papers there. Other personalities to be connected to Cobham include Sir Joseph Williamson, and the insane artist Richard Dadd, who murdered his father near there in 1843. See Joseph Williamson (philanthropist for the Joseph Williamson famous for creating seemingly pointless tunnels in Liverpool, England) Richard Dadd ( August 1 1817 – January 7 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of The Hon Ivo Bligh, who became the 8th Earl of Darnley, was the first English cricket captain to attempt to recover The Ashes from Australia in the late 19th century. Ivo Francis Walter Bligh 8th Earl of Darnley, DL (born 13 March 1859 in London, died 10 April 1927 in Shorne Earl of Darnley is at title that has been created three times twice in the Peerage of Scotland and once in the Peerage of Ireland. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Comedian, Joe Pasquale lives in the area of Cobham and owns land adjoining the estate of Cobham Hall. Joe Pasquale ( Joseph Ellis Pasquale, 20 August 1961) is an English Comedian from Grays, Essex, arguably

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