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Cobham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Sole Street, covers an area of 1,240 hectares and had a population of 1,469 at the 2011 census, increasing from 1,328 at the 2001 census.
Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham lord of the manor of Cobham, Kent and of Cooling, also in Kent, was an English peer.
Dykes is a British surname which is thought to originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages. The first family to bear the surname are said to have lived in the area prior to William the Conqueror's Norman conquest of England, with the oldest surviving written document placing them in Dykesfield at the end of the reign of Henry III. The family took their surname from Hadrian's Wall, also referred to in some texts as Hadrian's Dyke. The great wall crossed Great Britain from the mouth of the Tyne to the Solway Firth and forms part of the border for Dykesfield.
Cobham Hall is an English country house in the county of Kent, England. The grade I listed building is one of the largest and most important houses in Kent, re-built as an Elizabethan prodigy house by William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (1527–1597). The central block was rebuilt 1672–82 by Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox (1639–1672).
Waddington is an Olde English surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. It is thought to derive from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name "Wada", plus "-ing", meaning the tribe or people of", and "tun or ham", a settlement; and hence, "The settlement of the Wada people". It may be connected to be connected with the pre-7th century Old English name "Wade", and the verb "wadan" (wada) meaning "to go", or as a habitational name from the Old English word "(ge)waed" meaning "ford".
Hodson is an English surname. It is derived from Middle English hode and is a patronymic. Notable people with the surname include:
The Berkeley family is an ancient English noble family. It is one of only five families in Britain that can trace its patrilineal descent back to an Anglo-Saxon ancestor. The Berkeley family retains possession of much of the lands it held from the 11th and 12th centuries, centred on Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, which still belongs to the family.
Wallington, is a toponymic surname surname derived from a common English place name. The name "Wallington" derives from the Anglo Saxon "Waletone" meaning "Farm of the serfs or Britons".
Smithe is a rare surname related to the common surname Smith.
de Lucy or de Luci is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lucé in Normandy, one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families which became rooted in England after the Norman conquest. The first records are about Adrian de Luci who went into England after William the Conqueror. The rise of this family might have been due to Henry I of England, although there are no historical proofs that all de Lucys belonged to the same family.
Daisey is an American surname. The surname dates back to the 17th century to an area now known as the Baltimore Hundred. The anglicization of the surname occurred during the 19th century. The origin of the surname is most likely from the ancient barony of Aisie (d'Aisie) in the arrondissement of Pont Audemer in Normandy—now written Aizier.
Kenrick is a northern European surname.
Nevell is a surname of Norman origin. It is a variation of the surname Neville.
Mark Antony Lower F.S.A. M.A. was a Sussex historian and schoolteacher who founded the Sussex Archaeological Society. An anti-Catholic propagandist, Lower is believed to have started the "cult of the Sussex Martyrs", although he was against the excesses of the "Bonfire Boys".
Thomas Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham was an English nobleman and politician.
Winder is a surname originating from England seen primarily in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking nations, but also in some places in mainland Europe, particularly Austria.
Beckingham or De Beckingham is a surname of English origin, derived from the parishes of the same name in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
Sandys is a surname of Old English origin. It is an older spelling of Sands, and is now usually pronounced as such.
Tyack or Tyacke is a Cornish surname. It is an ancient surname and the Tyacks were landowners at an early period. It is thought to be derived from a Celtic word for ploughman. William Tyack was escheator of the Leeward Islands in the reign of James II. The Tyackes of St Breock bore the arms: Arg. a fessebetween three bears' heads couped Sa.
The title Baron Cobham has been created numerous times in the Peerage of England; often multiple creations have been extant simultaneously, especially in the fourteenth century.
