|
:''This article is about Hever, Kent. For Hever, Belgium, see Hever, Belgium.'' Hever is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the River Eden, a tributary of the River Medway, east of Edenbridge. It is by in extent, and in area. The parish includes the villages of Four Elms, Hever itself, and Markbeech, and has a population of 1,136.〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish headcounts : Sevenoaks'' ) Retrieved 15 November 2009〕 The place-name 'Hever' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 814, where it appears as 'Heanyfre'; the name means 'high edge'.〔Eilert Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.237.〕 Hever contains Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII. There are three parish churches, one at each village. All are one united benefice. In the parish church of St Peter is the tomb of Thomas Boleyn, the father of Anne Boleyn and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hever, Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|