| 词条 | Blean |
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|country = England |official_name= Blean |coordinates = {{coord|51.307|1.043|display=inline,title}} |population = 5,589 |population_ref=(Civil Parish 2011)[1] |area_total_km2=13.67 |static_image_name = File:The church of St Cosmus and St Damian, Blean - geograph.org.uk - 752048.jpg |static_image_caption = Church of St Cosmus and St Damian |civil_parish= St. Cosmus and St. Damian in the Blean |shire_district= City of Canterbury |shire_county= Kent |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Canterbury |post_town= CANTERBURY |postcode_district = CT2 |postcode_area= CT |dial_code= 01227 |os_grid_reference= TR119608 }} Blean is a village in the civil parish of St Cosmus and St Damian in the Blean,[2] in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. The large parish and the suburban developed village within it: the latter is scattered along the road between Canterbury and Whitstable, in the middle of the Forest of Blean and the parish is mostly woodland, much of which is ancient woodland. HistoryAccording to Edward Hasted's 1800 county study, the village was once part of the king's ancient forest of Blean in the hundred of Westgate.[3] The name Blean is the dative form of the Old English word ‘blea’ which means rough ground.[4][5] Therefore the name of the parish means "the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian (sic) in the rough ground." In 1835, the Blean Union Workhouse, designed by William Edmunds, was built on four acres south of Herne Common. The design was based on Sir Francis Bond Head's Plan of a Rural Workhouse for 500 Persons, a publication of the Poor Law Commission. To keep costs down, no outside drains were added, and the building was windowless. Discipline was severe. A nine-year-old girl was once punished for a small offense by being forced to remain overnight in the mortuary with a corpse; however, the Master and Matron were dismissed as a result.[6] AmenitiesThe village has a druid woodland sculpture park, noted for its large sleeping dragon. The east of the village has a hall and recreation ground used for sports. The parish church is about half a mile from the village centre. It is dedicated to St Cosmus and St Damian and emphasising some kind of descriptor of the land itself, has always been suffixed 'in the Blean'. It is a 13th-century building and Grade II* listed, the second highest designation in the national grading scheme.[7][8] Veering towards the north of the village's main street is a pub; a post office is also in the village. GovernanceBlean is part of the electoral ward of Blean Forest. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 6,176.[9] EconomyBlean's economy is closely tied to Canterbury and to a lesser extent, Whitstable. In television entertainment Smallfilms operates here the production company that created the animated series Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and the Clangers, at Peter Firmin's barn on the Blean farm. The bay window of Firmin's house was featured in the opening sequence of Bagpuss.[10] EponymsHMS Blean was named after the village's Blean Beagles hunt. Possible use in literatureAccording to Douglas Adams's humorous dictionary The Meaning of Liff (1983), a "blean" is a "Scientific measure of luminosity: 1 glimmer = 100,000 bleans. Usherettes' torches are designed to produce between 2.5 and 4 bleans, enabling them to assist you in falling downstairs, treading on people or putting your hand into a Neapolitan tub when reaching for change". References1. ^Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bleanpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/|title=Blean Parish Council – St.Cosmus and St.Damian in the Blean|website=www.bleanpc.kentparishes.gov.uk|accessdate=6 July 2018}} 3. ^{{cite journal |last=Hasted |first=Edward |year=1800 |title=Parishes |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62986 |journal=The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |volume=9 |pages=2–7 |accessdate=12 February 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Kent/Blean|title=Key to English Place-names|first=University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of|last=English|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=6 July 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bleanpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/|title=Blean Parish Council}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Blean, Kent |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Blean/ |website=The Workhouse: The Story of an Institution |accessdate=27 January 2019}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-171415-church-of-st-cosmus-and-st-damian-st-cos |title=Church of St Cosmus and St Damian, St Cosmus and St Damian in the Blean |website =www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |accessdate=12 February 2014 }} 8. ^{{National Heritage List for England| num=1085522 |desc=Church of St Cosmus and St Damian |grade=II* |accessdate=2 September 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/blean-forest-e05004904#sthash.eo8sJUXx.dpbs|title=Blean Forest Ward population 2011|accessdate=2 October 2015}} 10. ^{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773124.stm|title= Bagpuss - See Emily Play|accessdate=2008-09-12 |work= BBC | date=9 December 2008 | location=London}} External links
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