Coordinates: 51°13′49″N 0°20′25″E / 51.23027°N 0.34037°E / 51.23027; 0.34037

Hadlow
St. Mary's Church
Hadlow  Hadlow shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ635505
District	Tonbridge and Malling
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tonbridge
Postcode district	TN11 0xx
Dialling code	01732
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Hadlow is a village in the Medway valley, near Tonbridge, Kent; it is in the Tonbridge and Malling district. The Saxon name for the settlement was Haeselholte (in the Textus Roffensis). The Domesday Book records it as Haslow and in the Middle Ages it became Hadloe and then Hadlow.

History[link]

Evidence of settlement in the Hadlow area dates back to the Stone Age implements, which have been found near the village.^[1] The Domesday entry for the village reads:-

Richard de Tonebridge holds of the bishop (of Baieux) Haslow. It was taxed at six sulings. The arable land is twelve carucates. In demesne there are three, and forty-seven villeins, with fifteen borderers, having fifteen carucates. There is a church and ten servants, and two mills of eleven shillings, and twelve fisheries of seven shillings and six-pence, and twelve acres of meadow, Wood for the pannage of sixty hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, and now, it was and is worth thirty pounds. Eddeva held it of king Edward.^[2]

During the Middle Ages the manor of Hadlow was owned by the Knights Hospitallers, then the Earls of Gloucester, followed by the Earls of Stafford, who were elevated to the Dukes of Buckingham in 1444. The third Duke of Buckingham was executed in 1521, and the manor went through a series of ownership changes. Sir Henry Guildford being granted the manor by Henry VIII, and the manor passed back to the Crown on his death, it was then granted to the Duke of Northumberland, and again returned to the Crown. in 1558, Henry Carey, the first Baron Hunsdon, received it from Elizabeth I, later passing to his two sons, one of whom Sir George Carey, owned the manor in 1586 The manor house was called Court Lodge at this time.^[1]

Hadlow Tower

Early in the 17th century, it was sold to James Faircloth, a London Physician. He sold it to George Rivers, second son of Sir George Rivers of Chafford. A new manor house, Hadlow Court Lodge was built c.1635. The Rivers family also owned Fish Hall, Tonbridge, which was in the possession of the Fane family during the time of Henry VIII but was later bought by the Rivers. In 1657 the manor was the property of Sir Thomas Rivers. but it was sold, along with Fish Hall, during the reign of Charles II to Jeffrey Amherst. He sold the manor and Fish Hall to John France in 1700. John France had two daughters, Sarah (baptised 1700) and Elizabeth (baptised 1703). They shared the estate upon the death of their father, Elizabeth taking Fish Hall, and Sarah taking Hadlow manor. Sarah married Walter Barton. Their first son, John, was born deaf, blind and dumb. Their second son, Walter, inherited a large fortune from his uncle Richard May in 1763, on condition that he took the surname May. Walter May married Elizabeth Stanford of Strettit Place, East Peckham in 1775. He inherited Hadlow Court Lodge in 1786 and immediately set to work demolishing Hadlow Court Lodge and building Hadlow Castle.^[1]

His son Walter Barton May added a 153 feet (47 m) high folly in 1835. The folly was damaged in the Great Storm of 1987 and, despite being Grade 1 Listed and previously being included in the 1998 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites by the World Monuments Fund, it has yet to be repaired. The owner of the folly was issued with a Compulsory Purchase Order by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council in July 2006.^[1][3]

The main village street is brick-paved and there are several old houses and two Tudor inns. The River Bourne flows through the parish, and formerly powered a watermill in the village (Bourne mill), which has been the home of Carr & Westley since they moved from London during the blitz and two in Golden Green (Goldhill Mill and Pierce Mill). A set of Hopper huts from North Frith Farm has been dismantled and re-erected at the Museum of Kent Life, Sandling.

Churches[link]

The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and was first mentioned in 975, thus it celebrated 1000 years in 1975. Hadlow was given to Eddeva in 1018, and parts of the church date to this time. The tower dates to the thirteenth century or earlier. The main door of the church has the date 1637 on it. This is often misread as 1037 due to most of the upper part of the first 6 being missing. The clock, by John Thwaites of Clerkenwell, dates from 1791.^[4] In the churchyard is a 19th century memorial to the drowning locally of 30 hop-pickers.

Other churches and chapels in Hadlow include a Baptist Chapel in Court Lane, which was built in 1830.^[5] The Catholic chapel on Maidstone Road is dedicated to St. Peter.^[6][7] In Golden Green there was a Wesleyan chapel which opened in 1899 and closed in 1956.^[5] A tin tabernacle had been built in Golden Green by 1882,^[8] as of 2010, it remains standing.^[9]

Breweries[link]

Hadlow had working breweries between the early eighteenth century and the late 1940s. The earliest reference to a brewery in Hadlow is in 1710 when John Barton, Yeoman of Hadlow is mentioned in connection with a newly erected malthouse in Hadlow Street. In 1840 there was a complaint that the drain leading from the Close Brewery was a nuisance.

In 1851 the brewery was being run by Messrs Harrison & Taylor and in 1858 they sold the business to Edward Kenward of Marden and William Barnett of Willingdon, Sussex . Thomas Simmonds of East Peckham and Nelson Kenward were also parties, part purchasing and part leasing the brewery. in 1859 it was agreed that a new 15 quarter malthouse would be erected. This building being the one nearly parallel to the High Street. In 1868 Edward Kenward was bankrupt, owing £9,500. The partnership was dissolved in that year by mutual consent. Edward and Trayton Kenward then became partners, but this partnership was also dissolved and all properties assigned to Trayton Kenward.

The converted maltings

In October 1871, Trayton and Charles Kenward entered into partnership with John Court. The business operating under the name of Kenward & Court. Sometime after this a second maltings was added, this running alongside Carpenters Lane. In 1881 the brewery supplied 68 public houses and was listed as 637th in the list of the first thousand limited companies. Kenward & Court was taken over by Charles Hammerton & Co. Ltd. in 1945. Beer was last brewed in September 1949. In 1952 Hammertons was bought out by Watney's, who then sold the brewery to Charringtons. Malting continued for several years and the brewery closed in the late 1960s, having been used as a distribution centre towards the end. The buildings gradually became derelict through the 1970s, and the Hadlow Society pressed for the buildings to be listed, which was done in July 1979. There was much debate within the village as to whether the buildings should be demolished or converted. The buildings were converted into flats in 1990.^[10] In 2005, Harvey's of Lewes brewed Hadlow Ale to commemorate Kenward & Court and celebrate the reopening of the Two Brewers pub (formerly the Fiddling Monkey and before that the Albion).^[11] The buildings are Grade II listed.^[12]

Another brewery stood at Style Place, Hadlow. This brewery was started in the 1830s by William Simmons, being in partnership with Henry Simmons in 1852 with William Martin joining them by 1855. The business was sold to Messrs Style & Winch of Chatham in 1863. The brewery buildings have been converted to housing and are now known as Caxton Place.^[13] The surviving building is Grade II listed.^[14]

College[link]

Hadlow College of Agriculture and Horticulture was established in 1968. It is concerned with a wide range of land-based training including agriculture, horticulture, medicinal horticulture, landscape management, garden design, equine management, animal management and sciences, sports fisheries and countryside management.

Hadlow Cricket Club[link]

The cricket ground

Hadlow Cricket Club dates back to the mid-eighteenth century. Cricket is still played in Hadlow, the ground being located off Common Road, to the north of the village.

Notable people[link]

• Stephen Crow (b 1965), computer game programmer was born in Hadlow.
• Allison Fisher (b 1968), world snooker champion grew up in Hadlow.^[15]
• Bernard Hailstone (1910–87), artist, lived in Hadlow and saved the tower of Hadlow Castle from demolition.^[1]
• John Larkin (1726–82), cricketer, was born in Hadlow and played for Hadlow Cricket Club.
• John Rivers, (d 1584), Sheriff of London 1565-66 and Lord Mayor of London 1573-74 was lay rector of Hadlow.
• Joan Thirsk, (b 1922), author and historian lives in Hadlow and has written many books on the village.
• Nicholas Kidson, (b 1989), born in Hadlow and played in the England junior chess team.

References[link]

Sources[link]

• Bignell, Alan (1986). The Kent Village Book. Countryside Books. 
• Thirsk, Joan (1985). Hadlow Castle, a Short History. Hadlow: Hadlow Historical Society. ISBN 0-9510425-0-5. 
• Hughes, Anne (1991). The Close Brewery Hadlow. Hadlow: Hadlow Historical Society. ISBN 0-9510425-1-3. 

External links[link]

• Further notes concerning Hadlow
  • note error: The Castle was built by Walter May, not his son, who only built the folly
• Hadlow College
• Hadlow Parish Council

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Aaron Hadlow

Personal information
Full name	Aaron Hadlow
Nationality	British
Born	(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 23)
Sport
Country	England
Sport	Kitesurfing
Team	Flexifoil
Turned pro	Beginning of 2002

Aaron Hadlow (born 4 October 1988) is a professional kiteboarder who has won the Pro Kiteboard Riders' Association (PKRA) World Championships five times.^[1][2]

Despite his stalwart domination of the sport from 2004–2008, the 21-year-old encountered big competition in the form of Ruben Lenten and Kevin Langeree in 2006. The other riders are catching up to Hadlow's vast trick vocabulary, offering Double Handlepass Mobe 7's (or "Mobius 720s") in competition.^{[citation needed]}

He also won the Red Bull KitePunks event in 2007, held in La Manga, Spain, beating off stiff competition from Ruben Lenten in 2nd, and Neil Hilder in 3rd.^{[citation needed]}

Aaron has continued to expand his repertoire of tricks to keep him in front of the competition. A lot of these tricks have stemmed from influences by Lewis Crathern and Neil Hilder, who are a part of recently-created Team Bosch alongside Hadlow. Many of his new tricks involve an "ole" move, where the bar and lines are whipped over head - the first of which was the Bosch Mobe.^{[citation needed]}

He is sponsored mainly by Flexifoil, Red Bull, Chiemsee,and Lost Cause Boards.^[3]

Aaron has taken a break from the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association World tour in 2010, he is looking to focus on international promos, and various other events. He also looks to continue his "on the loose" series with Ruben Lenten.

External links[link]

• Official site
• Official Website of the PKRA World Kiteboarding Tour
• Live Results for the PKRA World Tour

References[link]

Nigel Wintergern

1. ^ "Hadlow and Flexifoil". Flexifoil. http://www.flexifoil.com/company/newsitem.php?article_id=102141. Retrieved 2008-11-04. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Aaron Hadlow". www.aaronhadlow.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. http://www.aaronhadlow.com/bio/. Retrieved 2008-11-04. 
3. ^ "Aaron Hadlow Sponsors". www.aaronhadlow.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. http://www.aaronhadlow.com/sponsors/. Retrieved 2008-11-04. 

Tom Court (born 6 November 1980) is a rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster as a tighthead and loosehead prop. He primarily played at tighthead in his early career but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when BJ Botha arrived at Ulster.

Court was born in Brisbane, Australia and began his sporting career as a shotputter.^[1] He was Australian University Champion for three years running and had Olympic trials in 2002. He started playing rugby in 2004 and has represented Manawatu and Queensland Reds as well as Ulster.^[1] In an interview with the Ulster Rugby Website, Court intimated that he had begun playing rugby in order to lose weight.

Court represented the Ireland A side at the 2006 Churchill Cup before he had played his first game for Ulster. He qualifies to play international rugby for Ireland through his grandfather, Patrick Carey, who was born in County Limerick. He was also named in the 2008 Churchill Cup squad ^[2] and appeared as a substitute in all three games; against USA, England Saxons and a representative Argentina XV. He made his full Ireland debut in an uncapped match against The Barbarians at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester.^[3]

Court was named as a replacement for all Ireland's matches of the 2009 RBS 6 Nations and earned his first cap as a replacement for Marcus Horan during Ireland's 38–9 victory over Italy on 15 February 2009.

Court was named as part of Ireland's Rugby World Cup Squad in 2011, and played in the Irish 15-6 victory over Australia (17 Sep 2011), coming on as a substitute against the country of his birth.

Tom Court made another appearance as a substitute, coming on in Ireland's final game of the 2012 RBS 6 Nations against England.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ulster profile
• IRFU profile
• ESPNscrum profile

For other people named Andrew Gordon, see Andrew Gordon.

Andy Gordon is an American television producer and writer. He has written and produced for 1986 series Dennis the Menace, Get a Life, Mad About You, Dream On, NewsRadio, Just Shoot Me!, Complete Savages, The Loop, Hot Properties and DAG which he co-created. In 2008, Gordon solely created the Nickelodeon sitcom, True Jackson, VP.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Andy Gordon at the Internet Movie Database

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