Ringlestone is a suburb and

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in the town of

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it wi ...

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. It is on the eastern side of the River Medway, near Allington, from Maidstone town centre. The area was originally part of the estate surrounding Park House, owned by

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, professor of Greek and later

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. His friend and brother-in-law,

Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

was a frequent visitor, and it is believed Tennyson's poems The Brook and The Princess were inspired by his visits. The house was acquired in 1936 to the military to form

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, while some of the land was used to develop houses, which forms the eastern part of the estate today. The estate has two small shops and an Esso petrol station. There are plans to move St Faith's Church, based near Maidstone East station in the town centre to Ringlestone, in a new building on the site of the existing community centre.

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Villages in Kent Maidstone {{Kent-geo-stub