Shorne is a village and

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in the borough of

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, England. The parish lies east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the

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and are an SSSI amid the

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on the

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proper.

History

Shorne Barrow (or

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) and Randalls Wood Barrow are indications of stone age occupation. Randall Manor was a 14th-century manor, the remains of which are in

Shorne Wood Country Park Shorne Wood Country Park is located between Strood and Gravesend, Kent, Gravesend, in the English county of Kent. It was once part of a large estate, later passed to the county council to be used as a country park. History This park was once ...

Demographics

According to the census results for 2001 there were 2,485 people in 1,028 households in the Parish of Shorne. Of those residents between the ages of 16 to 74, 60% had a higher qualification (at level 2 to 5) and 86% of the dwellings were owner occupied. The population of Shorne Parish at the 2011 census was 2487 residents in 1033 households.

Transport

In April 2017, it was announced that the government choice for the

Lower Thames Crossing The Lower Thames Crossing is a proposed road crossing of the Thames estuary downstream of the Dartford Crossing that links the counties of Kent and Essex, and its proposed approaches. If built it would pass through the districts of Thurrock an ...

was for a tunnel under the Thames between

East Tilbury East Tilbury is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock borough, Essex, England, and one of the traditional Church of England parishes in Thurrock. In 1931 the parish had a population of 353. History In Saxon ti ...

and Shorne.

Places of interest

Much of upper Shorne is a conservation area with thirteen

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s and many others of interest. These include: Pipes Place is in Forge Lane almost opposite Little St, Katherines. A local

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, Richard Parker lived on the site in 1642. Jarvis Maplesden the grandson of a local tanner purchased the house early in the 18th century along with twenty acres of land, which included St. Katharine's Chapel. Several generations of the Maplesden family lived in the house and there are gravestones bearing the Maplesden name still in the churchyard. The Maplesden family is responsible for its present build and design in the Georgian style. In about 1870, George Arnold, Mayor of Gravesend, bought and restored the ruined chapel.Shorne: The History of a Kentish Village by A F Allen

References

External links

Shorne Parish History

Shorne Parish Council

Shorne Marshes Nature Reserve – RSPB
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