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The Kingston Brooch, now World Museum Liverpool. The Kingston Brooch, an important piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery dating from the 7th Century, was discovered in a tumulus on Kingston Downs in 1771 by the Reverend Bryan Faussett (1720–1776), then Rector of Kingston. It is 8 cm in diameter, made of gold, with garnet, blue glass and shell settings.
Civil Parish Civil Parish Population 2011 Area (km 2) 2011 Pre 1974 District District; Acol: 295 [1] 2.15 Eastry Rural District [2] Thanet: Acrise: 172 [3] 5.43 Elham Rural District [4] Folkestone and Hythe: Addington: 769 [5] 3.35 Malling Rural District [6] Tonbridge and Malling: Adisham: 645 [7] 11.82 Bridge-Blean Rural District [8 ...
The Parish Council was created in May 1996 following a successful campaign by local residents (having previously been part of the unparished area which was formerly Herne Bay Urban District). It is the second newest (since Hersden Parish Council was created in 2019) and largest of twenty-six parishes in the City of Canterbury.
Harbledown is a village in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of Harbledown and Rough Common. The High Street is a conservation area with many listed buildings, including a tall and intact Georgian terrace on the south ...
Marley is a scattered hamlet in the civil parish of Kingston, in the county of Kent, England.The hamlet is on a minor road about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest from the parish village of Kingston, and 1 mile west from the village of Barham in the adjacent parish.
Womenswold is a village and civil parish centred 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Canterbury, Kent, England, 1 mile to the east of the A2 road. The parish consists of three hamlets: Womenswold, Woolage Village and Woolage Green. Historically, Womenswold has been recorded with various spellings, including Wymynswold [2] and Wimlingswold. [3]
Herne / h ɜːr n / is a village in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield, in Canterbury district, in the county of Kent, England. It is divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay. Between Herne and Broomfield, is the former hamlet of Hunters Forstal. Herne Common lies to the south on the A291 road.
It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in the Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment in the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s. The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of Sturry, Chislet and Westbere. [2]