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Lower Halstow
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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The name of the village has developed gradually over the years: Holy Place (Halig stow) Pronounced "ail-stoo", with a long "oo" as in "through" c. 1100; Halgastaw, 1160; Halgastow, 1199; Halegestowe,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> 1226; Halgesto, 1576; Halstowe, 1610; Halstoe, c. 1790; Halstow, 1810 – Lower Halstow. </p> <h2 id="parish-church">Parish church</h2> <p>On a bank of the Medway Estuary is the <a href="/facts/Church_of_England_parish_church/p4BVsftg">Church of England parish church</a> of <a href="/facts/Margaret_the_Virgin/Kk9TqadG">St Margaret of Antioch</a>. It is an 8th-century <a href="/facts/Anglo-Saxon_architecture/D6zutlFr">Saxon</a> church to which were added north and south <a href="/facts/Aisle/awQvhgHS">aisles</a> in the 12th century and a west tower in the 13th century. The masonry includes re-used <a href="/facts/Ancient_Roman_architecture/1wtv6yFU">Roman</a> tiles. The <a href="/facts/Baptismal_font/eVx4Ce1H">font</a> is <a href="/facts/Norman_architecture/aadgIv9t">Norman</a> and was made around AD 1190. Unusually it is made of <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">lead</a>. In the nave and aisles are remnants of 14th-century wall paintings. For a time in the 12th century its parish priest was John de London who was a nephew to St <a href="/facts/Thomas_Becket/oj2kwUMv">Thomas Becket</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The ecclesiastical parish is in the deanery of <a href="/facts/Sittingbourne/RKoHq7Ax">Sittingbourne</a>, which is part of the <a href="/facts/Diocese_of_Canterbury/HjGQt84r">Diocese of Canterbury</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The building is <a href="/facts/Listed_building/PPx6CnfU">Grade I listed</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="other-buildings">Other buildings</h2> <p>The village has an 18th-century <a href="/facts/Pub/1vDaSw0H">pub</a>, the Three Tuns, which is a Grade II listed building.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>Green Farm House is 17th- and 18th-century and is also Grade II listed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/High_Halstow/XmyNryMA">High Halstow</a> on the <a href="/facts/Hoo_Peninsula/pqGmaFDj">Hoo Peninsula</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Lower Halstow at Wikimedia Commons </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Area: Lower Halstow (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 September 2016. <a href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126120&c=Lower+Halstow&d=16&e=62&g=6438640&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474466202375&enc=1" target="_blank">http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126120&c=Lower+Halstow&d=16&e=62&g=6438640&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474466202375&enc=1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Robinson, Hayley (6 February 2014). "Westmoreland barge returns to Lower Halstow". Kent Online. Retrieved 19 March 2014. <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne_messenger/news/dream-of-returning-barge-to-12382/" target="_blank">http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne_messenger/news/dream-of-returning-barge-to-12382/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"A Barging Childhood". BBC. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2014. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2008/05/22/history_medway_barges_feature.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2008/05/22/history_medway_barges_feature.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 34–40. Retrieved 28 February 2014. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 34–40. Retrieved 28 February 2014. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gregory, Aodhan (20 January 2016). "Lower Halstow features in new Wonder Woman trailer". kentonline. Retrieved 6 June 2017. <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/village-features-in-wonder-woman-trailer-59559/" target="_blank">http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/village-features-in-wonder-woman-trailer-59559/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 34–40. Retrieved 28 February 2014. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 34–40. Retrieved 28 February 2014. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 34–40. Retrieved 28 February 2014. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62945</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Historic England. "Church of St Margaret of Antioch (Grade I) (1069343)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2017. <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" target="_blank">/wiki/Historic_England</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Historic England. "The Three Tuns Inn (Grade II) (1069338)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2017. <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" target="_blank">/wiki/Historic_England</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Historic England. "Green Farm House (Grade II) (1069339)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2017. <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" target="_blank">/wiki/Historic_England</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>