(Burgher's marsh) This was originally marshland belonging to the burghers, or citizens, of Canterbury. From early Christian times, the land here was owned by the Monastery of St. Augustine in Canterbury.
Now a thriving village, when I was young, Burmarsh was little more than a couple of rows of mostly 'tied' cottages, housing the local farm workers. It was very much in the centre of the local wool industry. Needless to say, the church is right next to the pub, the 'Shepherd And Crook' being thus appropriately named. The pub itself, stands on a corner of the road called 'Shearway'.
The Romans are known to have extracted salt here.
All Saints church is a typical village church, and rather pretty. When I was a lot younger (14), in 1962 we travelled round ringing a peal in all the church towers on the Marsh, to celebrate 10 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Burmarsh was one of my favourites.
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