Littlebourne

Littlebourne is a village and civil parish 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

For the suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, see Littlebourne, New Zealand.

Littlebourne
An oast house in Littlebourne
Littlebourne is located in Kent
Littlebourne
Littlebourne
Location within Kent
Area8.52 km2 (3.29 sq mi)
Population1,529 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density179/km2 (460/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTR208574
Civil parish
  • Littlebourne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCANTERBURY
Postcode districtCT3
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

History

The significant Howletts Anglo-Saxon cemetery is in the parish. It is regarded as "Jutish"; finds are in the British Museum and elsewhere, and include two of the very rare quoit brooches.[2]

The manor of Littlebourne belonged to St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury and the abbot maintained a vineyard there according to Canterbury MP and antiquarian John Twyne in his De Rebus Albionicis.[3]

The viticultural theme is reflected in the parish church's unusual dedication to St Vincent of Saragossa, patron saint of winemakers. The church is in all regards consistent to have been founded by the monks of St Augustine's, which oral history attests, in the 13th century and contains a medieval wall painting depicting Saint Christopher, patron saint of travellers.

References
  1. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
  2. Smith, Reginald A., "Jutish Finds in Kent", The British Museum Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Mar., 1936), pp. 131-132, DOI: 10.2307/4421850. JSTOR; 329 objects in the British Museum
  3. Hasted, Edward (1800). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, Volume 9 (2 ed.). W. Bristow. p. 147.

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