Bobbing, Kent
Coordinates: 51°21′00″N 0°42′00″E / 51.349998°N 0.700000°E
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Bobbing shown within Kent |
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| District | Swale |
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| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Bobbing is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about a mile north-west of Sittingbourne, and forming part of its urban area. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,694.
The medieval manor house of Bobbing Court, now a ruin, was built by the Savage family; it passed to the distinguished soldier Sir Conyers Clifford , and then by marriage into the St. Leger family.[1]
The strange career of Titus Oates , inventor of the Popish Plot, included a brief period as Vicar of Bobbing.[2] He was presented with the living by the local squire, Sir George Moore ( who had recently purchased Bobbing Court) in 1673, but his drunkenness and blasphemy so horrified his parishioners that they ejected him before the end of the year.[3]
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