East Malling is a village in the borough of
Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Tonbridge is the largest settlement but the authority is based in the modern development of Kings Hill.
Geography
Tonbridge and Malling Borough cover ...
, Kent, in the part of the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
East Malling and Larkfield lying south of the A20 road. In 2019 the ward had an estimated population of 5478.
History
The earliest recorded reference to East Malling is "in a Charter of King
Edmund I
Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. Afte ...
(reigned 939 – 946 AD) which refers to ‘East Mealing’, describing a gallows." East Malling was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
of 1086 as ''Mellingete''.
Farming was common in the area until the 1960s especially of hops and fruit orchards, and some of this activity remains today including the
East Malling Research Station. After World War II,
Malling Rural District Council developed the Step Stile and Clare Park housing estates.
Amenities
The ragstone church
[Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1099148] is dedicated to St James the Great, and forms part of a Conservation Area on the High Street.
St James is the primary school and the main secondary school for the area is
The Malling School
The Malling School is a mixed high school located in East Malling in the English county of Kent.
History
It opened as Clare Secondary School in 1957, designed by Read & McDermott.The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, page 266.
...
.
Transport
There is a railway station at
East Malling with services to Maidstone, Ashford & London.
Media
Much of the location filming for the 1960s
BBC comedy programme "Mr Pastry" took place in the countryside around East Malling.
Richard Hearne who starred had lived in a neighbouring village,
St Mary Platt, and knew the area well.
Nearest settlements
See also
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Bradbourne House
Bradbourne House is a Queen Anne style country house near East Malling, Kent. It set in of parkland.
Location
The house is between the A20 road and M20 motorway and East Malling railway station.
History
The house was originally built during ...
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East Malling Stream
The East Malling Stream, known locally as "The Stream", rises at Well Street, East Malling, Kent, and flows in a generally easterly direction to join the River Medway at Mill Hall, Aylesford. It powered six watermills. The stream may have former ...
References
External links
East Malling and Larkfield Parish CouncilEast Malling churchVillage website
{{Tonbridge and Malling
Villages in Kent
Tonbridge and Malling