Hastingleigh is a small
civil parish centred on an
escarpment of the
Kent Downs.
The parish is three miles east of
Wye and ten miles south of
Canterbury, extending to the hill-scape of the Devil's Kneading Trough, on the
North Downs Way with views towards
Ashford Ashford may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Ashford, New South Wales
*Ashford, South Australia
*Electoral district of Ashford, South Australia
Ireland
*Ashford, County Wicklow
*Ashford Castle, County Galway
United Kingdom
* Ashford, Kent, a town
** ...
,
Romney Marsh and the patchy remnant forest of
The Weald (between the
Greensand Ridge and
South Downs).
Amenities
Common amenities are a garage and a
public house.
History
Hastingleigh gets its name from the
Haestingas, a
Jutish tribe that lived in the area.
The village was in existence before the
Domesday Book and originally lay in the valley by the
Church of England church (
St. Mary the Virgin) but following the
plague, the main settlement was relocated to its current position. The church is made of stone, in the Early English style, and has a
tower containing one bell: there is a brass to John Halke, d.1604, and Amia his wife, d.1596: The maternal grandparents of Dr.
William Harvey; his mother Joane was born at South Hill, Hastingleigh and married Thomas Harvie of Folkestone, in Hastingleigh Church.
The
nave and
aisle were
restored
''Restored'' is the fourth
studio album by American contemporary Christian music musician Jeremy Camp. It was released on November 16, 2004 by BEC Recordings.
Track listing
Standard release
Enhanced edition
Deluxe gold edition
Standard ...
in 1880 and the
chancel in 1886: the church affords 200 sittings. 12th-century murals were partially uncovered on the north wall, and south east corner of the church in 1966.
Hastingleigh was late in receiving a broadband service, in late 2006. It held most requests status for six months before conversion.
Transport
The village is reached from west or east. The main route (Churchfield Way) through more populated but larger
Wye in the west connects, after a short section then a steep descent outside of the civil parish borders, to
Elmsted and then to
Canterbury.
Bus 620 runs between Canterbury, Hastingleigh and
Waltham.
References
External links
Hastingleigh Parish CouncilThe Bowl Inn OnlineVillage historyStatistical civil parish overview - map
Villages in Kent
Borough of Ashford
Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent
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