an original Quintain
search Offham Offham is located in Kent Offham Offham Location within Kent Population 755 (2011 Census)[1] OS grid reference TQ655575 District Tonbridge and Malling Shire county Kent Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town West Malling Postcode district ME19 Dialling code 01732 Police Kent Fire Kent Ambulance South East Coast EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Tonbridge & Malling List of places: UK · England · °N °ECoordinates: °N °E Offham is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England, five miles to the west of Maidstone. Offham has a quintain on the village green that was reported in medieval times for use in jousting. It is reputed to be the last English quintain in its original position, though it was removed for safe keeping during the Second World War.[2] The village gets its name from "Offa", the name of a Saxon landowner, and "ham", a village or homestead
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