Hackington

Hackington
Tyler Hill community centre
Hackington
Hackington shown within Kent
Area	5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population	587 (Civil Parish 2011)
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR143612
Civil parish	Hackington
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT2
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51°18′32″N 1°04′26″E / 51.309°N 1.074°E / 51.309; 1.074Coordinates: 51°18′32″N 1°04′26″E / 51.309°N 1.074°E / 51.309; 1.074

Hackington is a semi-rural village and civil parish immediately north of Canterbury in Kent, England the main community of which is Tyler Hill. In earlier periods it was sometimes known as St Stephen's.

A site here was projected in the 1180s by Archbishop Baldwin as the site of a new college, which was to contain the archiepiscopal cathedra and stalls for the king and the bishops of the province of Canterbury but the monks of Canterbury procured a veto for the scheme from Pope Innocent III.

The eminent judge and master of the rolls Sir Christopher Hales died at Hackington in 1541, as did the poet Sarah Dixon on 23 April 1765.

The population rose by more than 10 per cent, from 522 in 2001 to 589 in 2011.

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