Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe is located in Kent
Trottiscliffe
Trottiscliffe
Location within Kent
Population485 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ64606052
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWest Malling
Postcode districtME19
Dialling code[01732]
PoliceKent
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AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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51°19′12″N 0°21′39″E / 51.31997°N 0.36072°E / 51.31997; 0.36072

Trottiscliffe (/ˈtrɒzli/ ⓘ TROZ-lee)[2][3] is a village in Kent, England about 2.5 miles (4 km) north west of West Malling.

The church tower.
The Pilgrims' Way runs near Trottiscliffe

It is often incorrectly spelled Trosley[citation needed] after Trosley Country Park at the top of the North Downs, which was once part of the Trosley Towers Estate. The spelling Trottesclyve [4] appears with nearby Hallyng in 1396.

Labelled as Trotterscliffe on the Ordnance Survey map published in 1870.

Historic buildings

Its most notable features are the neolithic Coldrum Long Barrow and the medieval Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.[5]

Notable residents

Trottiscliffe was the English home of artist Graham Sutherland from 1937 until his death in 1980.[6] He was buried by Trottiscliffe parish church.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ Glover, Judith (1976). The Place Names of Kent. Batsford. ISBN 0-905270-61-4.
  3. ^ "Trottiscliffe Primary School". Retrieved 11 February 2008.
  4. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives. http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no541a/bCP40no541adorses/IMG_0721.htm; third entry, end of line 2 - a free warren trespass on lands of the bishop of Rochester
  5. ^ a b "Trottiscliffe: the building". BART Group of Churches. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. ^ Berthoud, Roger (3 January 2008). "Sutherland, Graham Vivian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31737. Retrieved 18 January 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Towns and villages in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England
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