Hoo St Werburgh
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Hoo St Werburgh is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England to bear the name Hoo. It constitutes a civil parish in the borough of Medway, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 7,356.
Named after a Saxon princess born between 640 and 650, the niece of Ethelrede, who succeeded her father as king of Mercia.
The first church built at Hoo dates from about 741, built by Ethlbald, a cousin of Werburgh, although a nunnery existed nearby at an earlier time. A feature found in the church considered to be unique is found in the existence of two coats of royal arms belonging to James I (1603) and the arms of Elizabeth I, both recently restored and placed on view in the church. The parish records of 1851 give the population as 1,065.
A workhouse was in use here until the 1930s, and the secondary school bears the name Hundred of Hoo School. Broad Street appeared as Brodestrete in 1478 (Place Names of Kent: J Glover) merely indicating a wide street then existed here. Also Jacobs Lane, named after the family of Stephen Jacobe of Hoo (1480).
The village is also home to the young singer Declan Galbraith.
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