Upper Hardres

Upper Hardres /hɑːrdz/ ^ⓘ is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury, in the district of Kent, England.

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Upper Hardres
The medieval Church of St Peter and St Paul in Upper Hardres
Upper Hardres Location within Kent
Area	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population	385 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR152507
Civil parish	Upper Hardres
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51°12′55″N 1°04′52″E / 51.2152°N 1.0811°E / 51.2152; 1.0811
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The name of the Hardres family is perpetuated in the twin villages of Upper Hardres and Lower Hardres (pronounced 'hards'), on the Roman road, Stone Street, south-west of the city of Canterbury. The family owned the area for 700 years after the Norman Conquest. It is said that Thomas Hardres, who was knighted for his valor at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, brought back the town gates and erected them at Upper Hardres, though there is little evidence of their existence today.^[2]

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