Offham, Kent

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Offham is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. Offham, Kent, has a Quintain on the village green that was reported in medieval times for use in Quintain_(jousting). It is reputed to be the last English quintain in its original position, though it was removed temporarily during the Second World War. Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district and borough in the English county of Kent. Tonbridge and Malling borough covers an area from the North Downs at Burham and Snodland in the north to the town of Tonbridge in the south. The River Medway flows in a north easterly direction, through the borough towards the Medway Gap. The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974. It was a merger of the urban district of Tonbridge, together with Malling Rural District and the villages of Hadlow and Hildenborough from Tonbridge Rural District.