History
St. Werburgh was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia, and niece of King Æthelred, his brother and successor. She was born between 640 and 650.
The first church of Hoo St Werburgh may have been built in the reign of the 8th century King Æthelbald of Mercia, though presumably a monastery existed nearby at an earlier time. This, together with land at Hoo All Hallows, is likely to have been placed under the rule of the leading Mercian monastery of Medeshamstede, now known as Peterborough.
A feature which is found in the church, and is considered to be unique, are the two royal coats of arms belonging to King James I and Queen Elizabeth I. Recently these have been restored, and they can be seen in the church.
The parish records of 1851 give the population as 1,065.
Thomas Aveling, of Aveling and Porter, the first British manufacturer of steamrollers, is buried in the cemetery.
A workhouse was in use here until the 1930s, and the secondary school bears the name "The Hundred of Hoo Academy".
Broad Street appeared as Brodestrete in 1478. Jacobs Lane is named after the family of Stephen Jacobe of Hoo (1480).
Hometown of singer Declan Galbraith, born on 19 of December 1991 to Alec and Siobhan Galbraith.
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