Platt, Kent

Platt
St Mary's Church
Platt is located in Kent
Platt
Platt
Location within Kent
Population1,679 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ622570
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSevenoaks
Postcode districtTN15
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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51°17′20″N 0°19′30″E / 51.289°N 0.325°E / 51.289; 0.325

Platt, or St. Mary's Platt is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England.

Geography, history and notable residents

The hamlet of Crouch (pronounced Crooch) lies within the parish. The River Bourne flows through the western part of the parish. Basted paper mill was within the parish boundary.

The Anglican parish church of St Mary's dates from 1843 and stands on a hill overlooking the village centre. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone.[2]

BBC broadcaster Adam Curtis grew up in Platt.[3] The broadcaster James Whale (radio presenter) is a current resident. The comedian Jo Brand attended Platt primary school. The actor Richard Hearne, who lived at the 15th-century Platt Farm on Long Mill Lane from the 1940s, is buried in the churchyard.[4]

Nearest settlements

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ "A History of the Church Building". St Mary's, Platt. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
  3. ^ Lethem, Jonathan (27 October 2016). "Adam Curtis and the Secret History of Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ^ "The Television Annual for 1952", ed. Kenneth Baily, Odhams Press, p. 94.
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