Twydall is a suburb of Gillingham in

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in south-east England. In 1998 responsibility for local government was transferred from

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to the newly created

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, The origin of the name Twydall is thought to mean "Two Parts" or "Double Portion" from the

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

''twidǣl'', but by 1240 it was written ''Twydele''.Placenames of Kent Judith Glover 1976, 1982, 1992 Meresborough Books . Two

Palmerston forts The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the ...

were built in the area, Grange Redoubt and Woodlands Redoubt: the design used came to be known as the

Twydall Profile The Twydall Profile was a style of fortification used in British and Imperial polygonal forts at the end of the 19th century. The sloping earthworks employed in the Twydall Profile were intended to be quick and inexpensive to construct and to be ...

Surrounding area

Modern Twydall is situated between the A2 and the

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, but previously it stretched down to the

estuary to Sharp's Green and Eastcourt Meadows which are now part of the

Riverside Country Park Riverside Country Park is a large coastal public park, situated alongside the River Medway estuary between Gillingham and Rainham. The park covers about . There are a variety of natural habitats within the park, including mudflats and salt mars ...

and crossed by the

Saxon Shore Way The Saxon Shore Way is a long-distance footpath in England. It starts at Gravesend, Kent, Gravesend, Kent, and traces the coast of South-East England as it was in Roman Empire, Roman times as far as Hastings, East Sussex, in total. This mean ...

. Many of the road names in Twydall are names after villages within Kent. Districts in the surrounding area include Gillingham, Hempstead, and the Lower Rainham and Rainham Mark areas of Rainham. Lower Twydall is a distinct settlement to the north of Twydall. Twydall Green - geograph

Education

There are a number of schools serving the Twydall area, including: * Twydall Primary School * Featherby Infants and Nursery School * Featherby Junior School * St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School • Danecourt School

Religion

There are a number of churches serving the Twydall area, including: *1

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 ...

Rainham Christian Fellowship, Begonia Avenue *1

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

Holy Trinity, Twydall Lane which is Grade II listedHistoric England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393500?section=official-list-entry *1

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

Twydall Evangelical Church, Goudhurst Road *1 meetinghouse of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...

, Twydall Lane The Catholic Church, formerly on Beechings Way, closed some years ago and the congregation moved to St Thomas’ Church in Rainham

References

External links

Medway Council: Twydall Neighbourhhood Action Plan
{{Medway Places in Medway Gillingham, Kent