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Villages In Kent ...
See also * List of settlements in Kent by population * List of civil parishes in Kent * :Civil parishes in Kent * :Towns in Kent * :Villages in Kent * :Geography of Kent * List of places in England {{Kent Places Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester, Kent, Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, which is known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back before the Stone Age. The town, part of the borough of Maidstone, had an approximate population of 100,000 in 2019. Since World War II, the town's economy has shifted from heavy industry towards light industry and services. Toponymy Anglo-Saxon period of English history, Saxon charters dating back to show the first recorded instances of the town's name, ''de maeides stana'' and ''maegdan stane'', possibly meaning ''stone of the maidens'' or ''stone of the people''. The latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnington
Bonnington is a dispersed village and civil parish on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh in Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located to the south of the town of Ashford on the B2067 ( Hamstreet to Hythe road). Bonnington has under 100 inhabitants and has historic connections with smuggling. The parish used to boast its own school at the T-junction with the former B2069, and a public house (The Oak) located nearly two miles southeast of the village. The parish church, dedicated to St Rumwold, the child saint, is about half a mile to the south of the hamlet, on the Royal Military Canal. The parish council is now linked with the larger village of Aldington (where the population is now included) which is where the nearest shops can be found. Location and landscape The small parish of Bonnington in the English county of Kent lies between the town of Ashford to the west (5 miles distant) and the coastal town of Hythe to the east (6 miles dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastwell, Kent
Eastwell is a Hamlet (place), hamlet and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about north of Ashford, Kent, England. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 103. The parish shares civil and church Boughton Aluph and Eastwell, parish councils with neighbouring Boughton Aluph. Parish church Much of the medieval parish church of St Mary collapsed in 1951, and most of the ruins were demolished in 1956. Only the 15th-century west tower, the west wall of the south aisle and a 19th-century mortuary chapel remain standing. Since 1980 the remains have been a scheduled monument, Scheduled Ancient Monument and cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches charity. Eastwell Park Eastwell Park is a country estate almost one square mile in area surrounding Eastwell Park, Eastwell Manor, a Jacobethan English country house, country house completed in 1848. Eastwell Lake was created at the same time. The hotel offers a golf course, indoor swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crundale, Kent
Crundale is a mostly rural village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent in southeast England. The village covers a section of one of the dual escarpments of the North Downs at this point, about halfway between Ashford and Canterbury. Geography About a quarter of the village is woodland, and barring its western side which slopes steeply to the Great Stour, which is at above sea level, most of the rest of its land is at more than above Ordnance Datum. Amenities The community living in the civil parish is relatively small - many of its activities are shared with the neighbouring parish of Godmersham. History An early Anglo-Saxon gold buckle and other princely items from a grave dating from the mid-7th century were found in the Crundale Downs in 1861 and are now in the British Museum. The intricately designed object is notable for the representation of a three dimensional appliqué fish. The early Norman parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilmington Green
Chilmington Green was a hamlet on the south-west edge of the town of Ashford, Kent. It contains 10 listed buildings. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Great Chart with Singleton Great Chart with Singleton is a civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The parish population is mostly concentrated in the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton housing development, both located in the eastern .... In 2016, Ashford Borough Council gave outline planning permission for a new development of 5,750 houses along with a secondary school, four primary schools, shops and healthcare and sports facilities on a 1,000 acres of agricultural land around the hamlet. As of February 2025, many of the planned houses have been built, one primary school is open and the secondary school is due to open in September 2025. References {{authority control Hamlets in Kent Borough of Ashford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilham
Chilham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It sits on the north bank of the Great Stour around to the southwest of Canterbury and northeast of Ashford. It is a mostly agricultural parish, with settlement clustered around Chilham village centre, which is next to the Grade I-listed Chilham Castle. Well-preserved roads and mostly residential listed buildings in the centre have led to its use as a location in television and film. Also lying within the civil parish is the smaller linear settlement of Shottenden, which is situated west of Chilham. History The village has a number of period houses such as the former vicarage, which dates from 1742. The castle was owned by the Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard until its sale in 1997. From 2013 it was owned by Stuart Wheeler, founder of the spread-betting firm IG Index, until his death in July 2020. Geography The village of Chilham is in the valley of the Great Stour River and beside the A28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheeseman's Green
Cheeseman's Green is a housing and commercial development to the south of Ashford, Kent, Ashford in Kent, England. It is adjacent to Sevington and Park Farm, Kent, Park Farm. It will have 1100 new homes and 7 hectares of commercial space, plus a variety of community facilities. The population is included in the civil parish of Mersham. A "Smartlink, Ashford, SMARTLINK" bus link is proposed between the new development and Ashford's town centre, also linking with the ''Orbital Business Park, Waterbrook'', the ''Ashford railway works, Newtown Railway works, Ashford Designer Outlet, Designer Outlet'' and the ''Ashford International railway station, International railway station''. The scheme aims to provide journey times matching or beating car journey times and a high frequency, competitively priced reliable service. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charing
Charing () is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, in south-east England. It includes the settlements of Charing Heath and Westwell Leacon. It is located at the foot of the North Downs and reaches up to the escarpment. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2,766. The Pilgrims' Way, the M20 motorway and Charing railway station (between London Victoria and Ashford International via Maidstone) serve the parish. History The name Charing first appears in 799 as ''Ciorrincg''. The name probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon word ''cerring'', which means a bend in the road, or it may be from ''Ceorra-ingas'', which is Anglo-Saxon, meaning ''people of Ceorra''. The village is sited on the Pilgrims' Way from London to Canterbury, and is one day's walk from Canterbury. There are a number of old manors located around the village, such as Newlands (now a horse stud) and Pett Place. The village had a market recorded in 1285, and a fair recorded in the fifteenth ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Challock
Challock is a mostly wooded, large village and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford, Kent, England. The village name derives from the old English 'Cealfloca' – calf enclosure. A clear nucleus of the village is centred south of the port of Faversham and north of Ashford. It dates from around AD823. Challock contains a boundary to one of the highest points on the North Downs: the contour is close to the village centre. Snowfall in January and February is occasionally heavy, when counter-prevailing north-easterly winds exist in those months. Challock is at the crossroads of two major roads: the A251 from Ashford to Faversham, and the A252, which links Maidstone to Canterbury. Prior to the construction of a roundabout, the crossroads was a notorious accident hotspot for drivers coming from Chilham and Ashford, due in part to the Halfway House public house which stands close to the corner. William the Conqueror gave the manor of Challock to Battle Abbey, and it remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brook, Kent
Brook is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England, centred east-northeast of the town of Ashford. Geography Brook is in a gently rolling valley top immediately south of the North Downs. The brook referred to rises here and flows east to join the combined East and West Stour, that is, the River Great Stour. The south-east fifth of the parish is woodland. Brook has a small village museum. The human population of this area rose by 3 during the 10 years to the United Kingdom Census 2011. History The 11th century Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to St Mary. There is also a Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ... chapel. The church of St. Mary, erected about 1075, is of stone, in the Early Norman style, and has a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromley Green
Bromley Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ruckinge, south of Ashford in Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ..., England. References External links * Hamlets in Kent {{Kent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brabourne Lees
Brabourne Lees is a village in the civil parish of Brabourne, within the Ashford borough of Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ..., England. The village (centre) is just under east of Ashford town centre itself geographically. By road this is a journey of about . In 2021 it had a population of 1480. The village was built on former pasture land ("lees") at the foot of the North Downs. Brabourne Baptist Church is at the junction of Calland and Plain Road; there is also a Zion Strict Baptist Chapel to the northeast of the village, on Canterbury Road. See also * Smeeth - village immediately to the south * Lilyvale, Kent - hamlet to the east References External links Villages in the Borough of Ashford {{Kent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
