VILLAGES

    ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAMILY

                                  HOLLINGBOURNE

The village of Hollingbourne lies near a permanent spring at the foot of the North Downs. The history of the area stretches back to the stone age but the first mention of a community is in the 11th Century Doomsday Book. A church would have stood on the present site before the Norman Conquest, but the present church of All Saints mainly dates from the late fourteenth century after an earthquake demolished much of the earlier structure.

Down the centuries the church's parish register has recorded the births and marriages and its six bells have tolled the passing of many thousands of ordinary village folk.

Today, Hollingbourne remains mostly agricultural, with residential use too. The broader village numbers almost 1,000 residents, which supports a thriving village shop, an excellent and well thought of primary school, an historic church, a village hall, a sports pavilion as well as three pubs.

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