Comp, Kent
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Comp
| country = England
| region = South East England
| shire_county = Kent
| shire_district = Tonbridge and Malling
| civil_parish = Platt
| civil_parish1 = Offham
| static_image = Great Comp Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 4516981.jpg
| static_image_caption = Great Comp Gardens
| coordinates = {{coord|51|17|06|N|0|20|18|E}}
| constituency_westminster = Tonbridge{{cite web|title= Location of Tonbridge |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4364/location |website=parliament.uk |date=July 2024 |access-date=6 March 2025 }}
| post_town = Sevenoaks
| postcode_area = TN
| postcode_district = TN15
}}
Comp is a hamlet in the civil parishes of Platt and Offham, in the Tonbridge and Malling district, in the county of Kent, England.
History
In 1240, the town was known as Camp de Wrotha (an abbreviation of Wrotham). It then was Caumpes in 1251 and Compe in 1461.{{cite book |last=Cameron |first=Roderick |year=1981 |title=Great Comp and its garden |pages=7–181 |location=London |publisher=Bachman and Turner Publications |isbn=0859741001 }}
The name is derived from the Old English word 'Camp' meaning campus or field.
Location
It is near the town of Sevenoaks, the villages of Borough Green, Platt, Wrotham Heath and the hamlet of Crouch. It is near the Mereworth Woods, and Valley Wood and on Comp Lane (a minor road).
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Category:Tonbridge and Malling
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