High Halden is a village and
civil parish in the
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
** ...
District of
Kent, England. The village is on the
A28 road between
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
** ...
and
Tenterden, 3 miles (5 km) north of the latter town. The Tenterden suburb of St. Michaels is included.
History
A very large quantity, fifty
tons, of
oak was used as the material to build the
tower and
spire of the 10thβ14th-century church,
St Mary the Virgin, in 1470β1490. The church was restored in 1835 through funds donated by Mrs. Amy Kynaston Sutton, widow of the former vicar Evelyn
Levett Sutton and sister and sole heiress of her brother
Sir John Roger Kynaston, Bart. The large
pub ''The Chequers on the Green'', circa 1620, is known to have been used by
smugglers and the various gangs such as the "
Hawkhurst and
Cranbrook gangs" that were active in the mid-18th century. The parish is recorded in the
Domesday Book and parts of a
Norman manor house can be seen at ''Tiffenden Farm''.
St Mary's Church
This Grade 1 listed church was built before 1286 (this being the first date for which there is a recorded name of a priest at the church, Richard de Halyngleghe).
Church website
/ref> Although the church has been extended over the years, its most remarkable feature is the timbered tower which was probably constructed in the late 13th Century. It consists of an octagonal ground floor and a square upper story above which rises an 80-foot octagonal shingle-clad spire. The whole structure is braced and strengthened by a system of massive oak pillars, beams and trusses. The 14th Century South porch has an entrance which is a natural arch made of two halves of a colossal oak trunk and inside the church there is a 13th Century font.
RAF High Halden
RAF High Halden is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground in Kent, England
References
External links
St Mary's church
Friends of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
Statistical civil parish overview β map
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Villages in Kent
Villages in the Borough of Ashford
Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent