Brabourne Lees is a village in the
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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Brabourne
Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The village centre is east of Ashford town centre.
Geography
The village originated around the village church and this area is now usually referred to as Eas ...
, within the
Ashford borough of
Kent
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, England.
The village (centre) is just under east of
Ashford town centre itself geographically. By road this is a journey of about .
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
Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith ...
Chapel to the northeast of the village, on Canterbury Road.
See also
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Smeeth
Smeeth is a mostly agricultural land use village and civil parish, centred east of Ashford in the Ashford Borough of Kent, England.
Geography
Smeeth is a small village in population near Mersham Hatch Park on the A20 road from Ashford to Fol ...
- village immediately to the south
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Lilyvale, Kent
Lilyvale is a hamlet in the English county of Kent.
It is located north of the A20 road, south east of the town of Ashford, near the village of Smeeth
Smeeth is a mostly agricultural land use village and civil parish, centred east of Ashfor ...
- hamlet to the east
References
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Villages in Kent
Villages in the Borough of Ashford
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