Waltham is a village and civil parish southwest of Canterbury in Kent, England.
History The village was once associated with the Knights Templar and was originally called Temple Waltham.Waltham Village, http://www.waltham.org/walthamch.htmlVision of Britain: Waltham, Kent. Accessed Sep 2020.
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, died at John de Criol's Manor of Asbenfield in Temple Waltham on 14 July 1262 at the age of 39; it was rumoured that he had been poisoned at the table of Piers of Savoy.
During and prior to the reign of Edward III (d. 1377), the parish of Waltham was within the hundred of Bridge. Following merger of some hundreds, by the end of the 19th century, most of the parish was within the hundred of Bridge and Petham.Vision of Britain: The Hundred of Bridge and Petham. Accessed Sep 2020. Of the two constables for the consolidated hundred, the current monarch was lord of the annual court leet that chose a constable for the hundred of Bridge.
Amenities St Bartholomew's Church is Grade I listed. Its windows are of the 13th and 14th century and its tower was rebuilt and restored in 1808.British History Online: Waltham (St. Bartholomew). A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848. pp. 449-453. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
Bus 620 runs between Canterbury, Hastingleigh and Waltham.
See also Listed buildings in Waltham, Kent
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