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Otford history
Otford’s earliest history shows occupation for at least 3,000 years. Occupants have included Iron Age farmers, Romans, archbishops and royalty. The etymology of the village name is disputed.
Roman Otford
A Roman villa in what is now Otford was abandoned during the 4th century . The remains were re-discovered and excavated during the 1930s and again in 2015 . It is at least twice the size of nearby Lullingstone villa .
Saxon Otford
Otford was made part of the Hundred of Codsheath, one of the nine Hundreds making up the Lathe of Sutton at Hone in about the 6th century AD . Lathes were Saxon administrative regions .
Norman Otford
Otford is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it shows that the Archbishop of Canterbury possessed 8 mills in the village, which is referred to as Otefort .
Otford in the Middle Ages
In 1514, Archbishop William Warham replaced an existing ecclesiastical building with Otford Palace, and in 1519, King Henry VIII stayed in the palace . Apparently, he liked it so much, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer felt compelled to give it to the king in 1537 .
Otford in the Late Middle Ages
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent says that Otford Parish is about nine miles in circumference, and contains about two thousand four hundred acres of land, of which about seventy are woodland .
Victorian Otford
Otford was still part of the Hundred of Codsheath, with a population of 798 in 1841 . In 1887, the Scottish theologian and historian John Hunt was appointed Vicar of the St Bartholomews Anglican church .
20th-century Otford
Otford included the settlement of Dunton Green until 1909, when it was split off into a separate parish . In 1924, the Otford Watermill, dating from 1541, burnt down . Otford Medical Practice was formed and is now located at Lennards Avenue .
Recent history
Otford won the Kent Village of the Year competition in 2002 . The results were broadcast live on BBC Radio Kent, and reported in the Kent Messenger newspaper .
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