Cobham:
On my continued tour of the country...I mean county I went with my parents to discover the delights of a small village in northern Kent called Cobham, which is located between Gravesend and Meopham. The village boasts many pubs...one of which is Ye Olde Leather Bottle, which was a regular watering hole for Charles Dickens and was featured in one of his books "The Pickwick Papers".
The village church St. Mary Magadalene dates back to the 14th century and has the largest amount of memorial brasses than an other church in England. It also has a very ornate buriel tomb to the Lord and Lady Darnley who was an Earl of Cobham. Behind the church is the 16th century Cobham college and almhouses, which also has a tunnel that links it to another village pub The Darnley Arms which was used during the civil war. A third pub The Ship was reportedly constructed from timbers salvaged from a vessel that sank off of the coast of Sheerness.
On my continued tour of the country...I mean county I went with my parents to discover the delights of a small village in northern Kent called Cobham, which is located between Gravesend and Meopham. The village boasts many pubs...one of which is Ye Olde Leather Bottle, which was a regular watering hole for Charles Dickens and was featured in one of his books "The Pickwick Papers".
The village church St. Mary Magadalene dates back to the 14th century and has the largest amount of memorial brasses than an other church in England. It also has a very ornate buriel tomb to the Lord and Lady Darnley who was an Earl of Cobham. Behind the church is the 16th century Cobham college and almhouses, which also has a tunnel that links it to another village pub The Darnley Arms which was used during the civil war. A third pub The Ship was reportedly constructed from timbers salvaged from a vessel that sank off of the coast of Sheerness.
