Oad Street is a small

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in the English county of

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. Oad Street forms part of the

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of Borden which, in turn, is part of

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district. Oad Street is located close to Junction 5 of the

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where it crosses the

A249 road The A249 is a road in Kent, England, running from Maidstone to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. It mainly functions as a link between the M2 motorway (Great Britain), M2 and M20 motorway, M20 motorways, and for goods vehicle traffic to the p ...

History

In 1798,

Edward Hasted Edward Hasted (20 December 1732 OS (31 December 1732 NS) – 14 January 1812) was an English antiquarian and pioneering historian of his ancestral home county of Kent. As such, he was the author of a major county history, ''The History and T ...

records that this hamlet was once called Hoade Street and Woodstreet, before becoming Oade Street. Named after a nearby Chestnut Wood (which covered the hillside down towards

Danaway Danaway is a village near the A249 road and the M2 motorway, in the Swale district, in the English county of Kent. The nearest town is Sittingbourne Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Kent, south-east England, from Canterbury and from ...

). In 1653, most of the parish was controlled by William Genery (from Throwley).

Buildings

In the hamlet are 3 listed buildings, Grade II* listed 'Yew Tree Cottage', Grade II listed 'The Olde House', and Grade II listed 'Hoad House'. Also a local public house, the 'Plough & Harrow' public house. It also had a former

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Chapel (Oad Street Methodist Church), now converted into a private residence. Oad Street food and craft, a restaurant and art gallery.

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