The village church is All Saints, Petham and is Grade I listed.[2] It was built in the 13th century but suffered from a fire in 1922 and had to be reconstructed. The village hall was rebuilt in the early 21st century next to Marble pond on relatively low meadows deemed unsuitable for housing and insurance.
Petham has rolling hills within its bounds, including ancient forested slopes and thatched medieval and Tudor period cottages.
Similar to other comparable villages, Petham once featured multiple facilities such as a baker, cobbler, post office and garage.[5] Today, none of these facilities remains and the only public buildings are the Petham Pint, a small tavern that was opened during COVID times to try and increase morale, and the All Saints church and graveyard. This decline began in the 1940s and can be attributed to increasing household car ownership (in the early 1940s 90% of households did not own a car).[6] Increasing car ownership allowed easier travel between Petham and Canterbury, enabling residents to access services in the city.
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petham, rural, village, civil, parish, north, downs, five, miles, south, canterbury, kent, south, east, england, garlinge, green, village, green, with, style, telephone, village, halllocation, within, kentarea13, population708, civil, parish, 2011, density52, . Petham is a rural village and civil parish in the North Downs five miles south of Canterbury in Kent South East England PethamGarlinge Green the village green with old style telephone box Petham village hallPethamLocation within KentArea13 61 km2 5 25 sq mi Population708 Civil Parish 2011 1 Density52 km2 130 sq mi OS grid referenceTR127515Civil parishPethamDistrictCity of CanterburyShire countyKentRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCANTERBURYPostcode districtCT4Dialling code01227PoliceKentFireKentAmbulanceSouth East CoastUK ParliamentCanterburyList of places UK England Kent 51 13 22 N 1 02 50 E 51 2229 N 1 0471 E 51 2229 1 0471 The village church is All Saints Petham and is Grade I listed 2 It was built in the 13th century but suffered from a fire in 1922 and had to be reconstructed The village hall was rebuilt in the early 21st century next to Marble pond on relatively low meadows deemed unsuitable for housing and insurance Petham has rolling hills within its bounds including ancient forested slopes and thatched medieval and Tudor period cottages It now incorporates Swarling to the north which had 33 5 households in the Domesday Book 3 and is one of the type sites for British Iron Age Aylesford Swarling pottery The excavation by J P Bushe Fox to publication took place in 1921 1925 4 Contents 1 History 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksHistory editSimilar to other comparable villages Petham once featured multiple facilities such as a baker cobbler post office and garage 5 Today none of these facilities remains and the only public buildings are the Petham Pint a small tavern that was opened during COVID times to try and increase morale and the All Saints church and graveyard This decline began in the 1940s and can be attributed to increasing household car ownership in the early 1940s 90 of households did not own a car 6 Increasing car ownership allowed easier travel between Petham and Canterbury enabling residents to access services in the city Gallery edit nbsp Petham Village Hall on Church Lane nbsp All Saints Petham GraveyardReferences edit nbsp The church of All Saints Key Statistics Quick Statistics Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013 Church of All Saints Petham Kent Britishlistedbuildings co uk Retrieved 1 November 2017 Swarling Domesday Book domesdaymap co uk Archived from the original on 8 September 2013 Retrieved 3 February 2022 Cunliffe Barry W Iron Age Communities in Britain Fourth Edition An Account of England Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC Until the Roman Conquest near Figure 1 4 2012 4th edition Routledge google preview with no page numbers Village Amenities 1 Bbc co uk Retrieved 1 November 2017 Car ownership in Great Britain PDF Racfoundation org Retrieved 1 November 2017 External links edit nbsp Media related to Petham at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Kent location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Petham amp oldid 1147846931, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
