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Aylesham / ˈ eɪ l ʃ əm / is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England.The village is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-east of the cathedral city of Canterbury, and 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-west of the town and port of Dover.
Aylsham (/ ˈ eɪ l ʃ əm / or / ˈ eɪ l s əm /) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly 9 mi (14 km) north of Norwich.The river rises near Melton Constable, 11 miles (18 km) upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain, coal and timber to be ...
Snowdown is a hamlet near Dover in Kent, England.It was the location of one of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield, [1] which closed in 1987.. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Aylesham, Kent.
Aylesham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line; it serves the village of Aylesham, in Kent, England. It is 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Victoria, situated between Adisham and Snowdown. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
Payday at Snowdown Colliery - sculpture. The Kent Coalfield is a coalfield in the eastern part of the English county of Kent.The Coalfields Trust defines the Kent Coalfield as the wards of Barham Downs and Marshside in the Canterbury district, and the wards of Aylesham, Eastry, Eythorne & Shepherdswell, Middle Deal & Sholden, Mill Hill and North Deal in the Dover district.
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The county of Kent has over 400 villages that range from very small to the size of a small town. The latter category includes those that designate themselves towns even though local government is by a civil parish council.
In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company to raise funds for the erection of a corn exchange. [2] The site they selected was on the north side of the Market Place and the foundation stone for the building was laid by the 8th Marquess of Lothian on 6 October 1856. [3]