Woodnesborough

Woodnesborough (/ˈwɪnzbrə/ WINZ-brə) is a village in the Dover District of Kent, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandwich. The population taken at the 2011 census included Coombe as well as Marshborough, and totalled 1,066.[1] There is a Grade II* listed[2] Anglican church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

Woodnesborough

St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, Woodnesborough
Woodnesborough
Location within Kent
Population1,066 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTR310568
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSandwich
Postcode districtCT13
Dialling code01304
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

History

Its name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Golles-Wanesberge, with forms like Wodnesbeorge being attested a little later, around 1100, and as 'Wodnesbergh' in 1484.[3] The name is believed to have meant Woden's hill/mound (Old English Wōdnes burh) after Anglo-Saxon god Woden (the English cognate of the Norse Odin, known in Proto-Germanic as Wodanaz); though some of the spellings also suggest *wænnes beorg ('hill of the mound'), from Old English wenn, wænn 'a tumour, blister, mound'. At the end of the eighteenth century there is a record of a burial mound beside the church, but the settlement also boasts a hill which could equally well have been described as a burh in Old English.[4]

The village was once served by East Kent Light Railway and can now be reached by bus services from Sandwich.

There was also a post office, which closed at the end of January 2008.

Listed buildings

St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church: the village's 13th century Anglican church is Grade II* listed, with 14th century alterations and a Victorian restoration in 1884 by Ewan Christian. The building is made of flint and rubble and boasts an unusual ogee cupola, a design feature shared by nearby Sandwich's St Peter's Church.[5]

Woodnesborough Village Hall: the building, a former school, dates from the 19th century.[6]

Sundial north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin: dating from 1738 with the inscription "Woodnesborough W IB RG 1738".[7]

Tomb Chest to Harrison family: situated about 2 metres W of Church of St Mary, and dating from 1777.[8]

Summerfield House: an early 18th century house with red brick and plain tiled roof.[9]

Barn about 20m E of Summerfield House: a 17th century barn now converted to a garage.[10]

References
  1. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhoocd Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. British Listed Buildings retrieved 20 July 2013
  3. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP 40/890; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/R3/CP40no890/bCP40no890dorses/IMG_1138.htm; 5th entry, where William Merlowe lived
  4. Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. WOODNESBOROUGH.
  5. British Listed Buildings retrieved 20 July 2013
  6. Historic England. "Woodnesborough Village Hall  (Grade II) (1070075)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. Historic England. "Sundial 15m north of Church of St Mary the Virgin  (Grade II) (1363310)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Tomb Chest to Harrison family about 2 metres W of Church of St Mary  (Grade II) (1281504)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. Historic England. "Summerfield House  (Grade II) (1281466)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. Historic England. "Barn about 20m E of Summerfield House  (Grade II) (1203921)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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