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Tilmanstone
Tilmanstone is a small village and civil parish in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry, a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone no longer has a village school; however, the independent Northbourne Park School is close to the parish boundary. The name of Tilmanstone has historically been famous for its colliery, although it is located in the village of Eythorne, operated from 1906 to 1986 as one of the four main pits of the Kent coalfield. The population taken at the 2011 Census also included that of the nearby hamlet of Ashley. History The parish church of St Andrew dates back to the mid-11th century and is made of flint, with later stone and brick sections. The church also includes the Tilmanstone Brass, which recognized Richard Fogge (c. 1482, a descendant of politician Thomas Fogge) and features a point perspective with three-dimensional figures, something that at the time was only popular in Florence. The yew tree in the churchyard has been dated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miner's Way Trail
The Miner's Way Trail is a long-distance circular footpath in England, starting at Sholden, Kent. Linking up the coalfield parishes of East Kent. Including; the parishes of Deal, Ash, Aylesham, Chillenden, Eastry, Eythorne, Elvington, Goodnestone, Nonington, Northbourne, Coldred, Staple, Tilmanstone and Wingham. The trail is approximately in length. A link route creates two shorter walks of around 14 miles each. The Waymark for the trail is a white circle with a Miners lamp, train and leaf. A Cycle Trail also follows most of the trail, starting and finishing at Deal. Sections of the cycling route follow the existing Sustrans National Cycle Network Regional Route 16 (Dover to Canterbury, via Adisham) also and connects with Regional Route 17 (to Sandwich). Linking to the Viking Coastal Trail and National Cycle Route 1. The route can be comfortably completed in a day. History In 2001, Dover District Council launched the 'Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent' (CHIK) projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilmanstone Colliery Halt Railway Station
Tilmanstone Colliery Halt was a station on the East Kent Light Railway The East Kent Light Railway was part of the H. F. Stephens, Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager. The line .... It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. The station served the pit village of Elvington.Mitchell & Smith (1989) Part of the platform is still in situ hidden in undergrowth. References Sources * {{coord, 51.2081, 1.2682, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Kent Former East Kent Light Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1916 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover (district)
Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. The port town of Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District. Settlements There are three towns within the district: Deal, Dover and Sandwich; and the parishes below: * Alkham * Ash * Aylesham * Capel-le-Ferne * Denton with Wootton * Eastry * Eythorne * Goodnestone * Great Mongeham * Guston * Hougham Without * Langdon * Lydden * Nonington * Northbourne * Preston * Ringwould with Kingsdown * Ripple * River * Shepherdswell with Coldred * Sholden * St Margaret's at Cliffe * Staple * Stourmouth * Sutton * Temple Ewell * Tilmanstone * Walmer * Whitfield * Wingham * Woodnesborough * Worth The northern boundary of the district is the River Stour; on its western side is the district of Canterbury; to the south the parish of Capel-le-Ferne; and to the east the Straits of Dove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover District
Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. The port town of Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District. Settlements There are three towns within the district: Deal, Dover and Sandwich; and the parishes below: * Alkham * Ash * Aylesham * Capel-le-Ferne * Denton with Wootton * Eastry * Eythorne * Goodnestone * Great Mongeham * Guston * Hougham Without * Langdon * Lydden * Nonington * Northbourne * Preston * Ringwould with Kingsdown * Ripple * River * Shepherdswell with Coldred * Sholden * St Margaret's at Cliffe * Staple * Stourmouth * Sutton * Temple Ewell * Tilmanstone * Walmer * Whitfield * Wingham * Woodnesborough * Worth The northern boundary of the district is the River Stour; on its western side is the district of Canterbury; to the south the parish of Capel-le-Ferne; and to the east the Straits of Dove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover Harbour
The Port of Dover is a cross-channel ferry, cruise terminal, maritime cargo and marina facility situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England. It is the nearest English port to France, at just away, and is one of the List of busiest cruise ports by passengers, world's busiest maritime passenger ports, with 11.7 million passengers, 2.6 million lorries, 2.2 million cars and motorcycles and 80,000 coaches passing through it in 2017, and with an annual turnover of £58.5 million a year. This contrasts with the nearby Channel Tunnel, the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland, which now handles an estimated 20 million passengers and 1.6 million trucks per year. The modern port facility features a large artificial harbour constructed behind stone piers and a defensive concrete breakwater. The port is divided into two main sections: the Eastern Docks serve as the main cross-channel ferry terminal, while the Western Docks contain a cruise ship termi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley, Kent
Ashley (also known, signposted and marked on some maps as Sutton) is a hamlet located in the parish of Sutton, some five miles (8 km) north of Dover on the summit of Gaggs Hill in Kent, England. Ashley runs almost seamlessly into the neighbouring village of Studdal. The A256 road passes to the west of Ashley. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Tilmanstone. The main road running through Ashley is Chapel Lane. This is because of the small (Baptist) chapel that still stands on it. It was one of several village chapels in the area which belonged to the Eythorne Baptist Church "group". The chapel has now been converted into a dwelling / house. The public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and wa ... in the photograph ceased trading in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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__NOTOC__ 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 county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fogge
Sir Thomas Fogge (died 13 July 1407) was an English politician and soldier. Career The names of Thomas Fogge's parents are not known with certainty,Fogg, Sir Thomas (d.1407), of Repton in Ashford and Canterbury, Kent, History of Parliament Retrieved 25 September 2013. although he is said to have been the son of Sir Thomas Fogge, for Kent in 1377, 1379 and 1381, who married Anne, Countess of Joyeux in France, and was buried at , |
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-Metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties. Kent was one of the first British territories to be settled by Germanic tribes, most notably the Jutes, following the withdrawal of the Romans. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, the oldest cathedral in England, has been the seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the conversion of England to Christianity that began in the 6th century with Saint Augustine. Rochester Cathedral in Medway is England's second-oldest cathedral. Located between London and the Strait of Dover, which separates England from mainla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eythorne
Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington. Although not classed as one of the former pit villages of Kent, it was only about a mile from Tilmanstone – which closed in 1986. Today many of its residents commute to work in Dover (Docks), or in Canterbury. Eythorne Baptist Church is more than 450 years old and one of the first Baptist churches in the United Kingdom. Esther Copley, wife of William Copley, who was a minister in Eythorne from about 1839 to 1843, was a prolific and successful writer of children's books and books on the domestic economy. She died in the village in 1851. Eythorne once had three pubs; The Crown is still trading, but the White Horse and the Palm Tree are long closed, both now being residential properties. Eythorne is historically divided into two halves: Lower Eythorne, where the Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastry
Eastry is a civil parish in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The name is derived from the Old English ''Ēast-rige'', meaning "eastern province" (c.f. '' Sūþ-rige'' "southern province"), also recorded as ''Ēastregē'', from ''ēasterra gē'' (lit. "more easterly area"). Historical legends Eastry lies on the Roman road north from Dover to Richborough Castle. It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his young cousins, Æthelred and Æthelberht, within the palace walls. According to the legend, the royal residence was passed to the priory of Christchurch in Canterbury as penance for the crime. The site of this ancient palace is believed to now be occupied by Eastry Court, adjacent to the church. An archaeological dig by Time Team in 2006 failed to find the royal palace. Parish church Eastry's Grade I listed Anglica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining Communities In England
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic viability of investing in the equipment, labor, and energy required to extract, refine and transport the materials found at the mine to manufacturers who can use the material. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
