Shepherdswell with Coldred is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
Dover District of
Kent
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, England. The parish contains the villages of
Shepherdswell and
Coldred, apart, and the hamlet of Coxhill just south-west of Shepherdswell.
Shepherdswell with Coldred is approximately east from the
county town
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of
Maidstone
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. The south of the parish is approximately north-west from the channel port of
Dover
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, and the north, south-east from
Canterbury
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. A section of the major
A2 London to Dover road runs through the parish at the south-west. Apart from this road, all others within the parish are minor and unnumbered. The
National Rail
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mainline from London to Dover runs through the parish, partly by tunnel.
Parishes surrounding Shepherdswell with Coldred are
Womenswold at the north-west;
Eythorne at the north;
Tilmanstone at the north-east;
Whitfield at the south-east;
Lydden at the south; and
Denton with Wootton at the south-west.
There are two parish churches: St Andrew's in Shepherdswell, and
St Pancras' in Coldred.
Historically Shepherdswell with Coldred contained the
manors of Popeshall, Coldred and Shebbertswell.
The Grade I
listed country house mansion of Waldershare Park, dating to 1705-12, is within Shepherdswell with Coldred at its eastern boundary.
References
External links
Shepherdswell with Coldred Parish Council website*
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Civil parishes in Kent
Dover District