Newenden is a small village and
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 authorit ...
in area and population in the
Ashford District of
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 ...
, England.
Geography
The village is
clustered together along the south slope and at the foot of the end of a tall
escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
The terms ''scarp'' and ''scarp face'' are often used interchangeably with ''esca ...
by the
River Rother, six miles (6.4 km) south-west of
Tenterden
Tenterden is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It stands on the edge of the remnant forest the Weald, overlooking the valley of the River Rother. It was a member of the Cinque Ports Confederation. Its riverside today is not ...
on the A28. Newenden is located immediately north of the Rother which forms the county boundary with East Sussex. The humpback bridge of 1736 has recently been repaired. As the land at the very edge of the parish and lowest points is marshy, the narrow hill escarpment itself is known locally as Frogs Hill.
History
Lossenham Friary was established northeast of the village in around 1242 but it was burnt down in 1275 and no remains are visible.
In March 1300, wardrobe accounts of King
Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vas ...
include a reference to a game called "creag" being played at Newenden by
Prince Edward, then aged 15.
[Altham HS (1962) ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1'', p.20. George Allen & Unwin.] It has been suggested that creag was an early form of cricket.
[Bowen R (1970) ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', p.29. Eyre & Spottiswoode.]
Amenities
The ancient parish church is dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupat ...
; it was
restored in 1859. A large
pub
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 was ...
is marked in maps next to the river.
References
External links
Newenden websiteNewenden villageStatistical civil parish overview - map
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Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent
Cricket in Kent
English cricket in the 14th to 17th centuries
Villages in Kent
Villages in the Borough of Ashford