Frindsbury Extra is a
civil parish
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divided into commercial, suburban residential and rural parts on the
Hoo Peninsula
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in
Medway
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, a ceremonial part of
Kent
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. It is
contiguous
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with the fully urbanised Frindsbury part of
Strood
Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowes ...
and is bounded by
Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
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to the north,
Hoo to the east, and the
River Medway
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to the south-east at Upnor (or Upnor-on-Medway) and a long, narrow meander of the river in the far south. On Medway Council it has councillors representing the Strood Rural
ward
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currently on almost identical boundaries.
History
On 30 September 1894, the
Local Government Board
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confirmed an order of
Kent County Council
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, and
Frindsbury
Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, Kent, Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the ...
civil parish was divided into
Frindsbury Intra, and Frindsbury Extra. Intra joined the municipal borough of
Rochester
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** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
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, while part of Frindsbury Extra joined
Strood Rural District
Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.
It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.
It consisted of the following civil parishes:http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074137&c_id ...
. The remaining part of Frindsbury Extra joined Rochester in 1934.
[Kelly's Directory of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham, 1951, Kelly's Directories, 186 Strand, London W.C.2]
Since 1998 it is one of 11 civil parishes in the
Unitary Borough — approximately a quarter of the land of the borough is unparished for local administration.
Geography
As a lowest-level administrative area, Frindsbury Extra contains the villages or dependent residential localities of:
*
Wainscott (its most populous part, contiguous with Frindsbury)
*
Upnor
Lower Upnor and Upper Upnor are two small villages in Medway, Kent, England. They are in the parish of Frindsbury Extra on the western bank of the River Medway. Today the two villages are mainly residential and a centre for small craft moored ...
on the Medway
**Lower Upnor
**Upper Upnor
*
Chattenden
Chattenden is a village within the civil parish of Hoo, which is within the unitary authority of Medway, Kent, England. It was, until 1998, part of Kent and is still ceremonially associated via the Lieutenancies Act. The A228 goes through th ...
*White Wall
*Stone Horse.
As with Frindsbury Intra, today known interchangeably as North Strood or Frindsbury, which is contiguous with Strood and immediately north of
Strood railway station
Strood railway station serves the town of Strood in Medway, England. It is on the North Kent Line and is also a terminus of the Medway Valley Line. It is down the line from .
Train services are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink.
Hist ...
, Wainscott is south of the A289 dual carriageway. The rest of the parish is north of this road. The former council offices of
Strood Rural District
Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.
It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.
It consisted of the following civil parishes:http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074137&c_id ...
are in Frindsbury Extra.
Demography
References
External links
Frindsbury Extra Parish Council
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Places in Medway