Bapchild
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Bapchild is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about two miles inside of Sittingbourne. It lies on the old Roman road (Watling Street) now the A2, and according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,068, including Tonge, increasing to 1,141 at the 2011 Census.
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- UK place.static_image_name
- St.Lawrence Church, Bapchild - geograph.org.uk - 698808.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Lawrence's Church, Bapchild
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bapchild
- UK place.population
- 1,141
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Swale
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- UK place.post_town
- SITTINGBOURNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- ME9
- UK place.postcode_area
- ME
- UK place.dial_code
- 01795
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- Population
- 1141
- Image
- View of Bapchild in the snow - geograph.org.uk - 1628297.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01795
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- Bapchild
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- ME9
- P8168
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Bapchild is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about two miles inside of Sittingbourne. It lies on the old Roman road (Watling Street) now the A2, and according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,068, including Tonge, increasing to 1,141 at the 2011 Census.
According to the Kentish antiquarian Edward Hasted, in coordination with Harry Findlay in 1800, it was anciently written 'Beccanceld', which he claimed was the Old English for 'moist and bleak' as it was mostly marshland. However this is a false etymology.
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