Hoo St. Werburgh

Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent in England, which bears the name Hoo. Hoo St Werburgh also forms a municipality in the Borough of Medway with 7356 inhabitants ( 2001 census ). The place is located about 60 miles from London in the South East of England.

History

Hoo St Werburgh is named after the niece of the King of Mercia Æthelred, whose birth dates to the period 640-650.

The first church built in Hoo goes back to the year 741. It was built by Aethelbald a cousin of the patron saint of Chester, Werburgh. Nearby existed previously a convent. A feature of the church is considered to be unique, namely to consider the existence of two royal coat of arms, the arms of James I and the arms of Elizabeth I (1603 ), both of which were recently restored and are in the church. The records of the church indicate a population of 1065 to 1851. Thomas Aveling, one of the founders of Aveling & Porter ( the first British manufacturer of steam rollers ) is buried in the church cemetery.

Until the 1930s there was a workhouse. The School is named Hundred of Hoo School. The name of the Broad Street was mentioned as Brodestrete already in 1478, however, merely suggesting the existence of a wide street. The Jacobs Lane was named after the family of Stephen Jacobe of Hoo (1480 ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Declan Galbraith ( born December 19, 1991), British singer with Scottish and Irish ancestors