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Snave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brenzett, in the Folkestone and Hythe district, in the county of Kent, England. It is on Romney Marsh in Kent , England centred close to the A2070 road 8 miles (13 km) south of Ashford .
Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about 100 square miles (260 km 2).The Marsh has been in use for centuries, though its inhabitants commonly suffered from malaria until the 18th century.
The village lies on the Romney Marsh, three miles (4.8 km) west of New Romney. The population of the civil parish includes the hamlet of Snave. The place-name 'Brenzett' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Brensete. The name is thought to mean 'burnt house' in Old English. [4]
New Romney: Jim Field St Peter & St Paul Newchurch: Jim Field St Clement Old Romney: Jim Field St Mary Orlestone: Rod Whately, Patricia Fogden St Mary Magdalene Ruckinge: Rod Whately, Patricia Fogden St Dunstan Snargate: Keith Fazzani Snave Church Snave: Rod Whately, Patricia Fogden St Mary the Virgin St Mary in the Marsh: Jim Field All Saints ...
The village is located on the Romney Marsh, three miles (4.8 km) north-west of New Romney. The parish council consists of five members. [2] The parish is huge and spreads across the marsh down to the Kent ditch (the boundary between Kent and East Sussex) although its population is only some 170, 50% of whom live in the village.
The Hope Church of All Saints is a ruined church building on Romney Marsh, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of New Romney, in Kent, England, near the road from Ivychurch to New Romney. Since 2017 a sculpture park has been created on the site.
The area is most notable for the isolated church of St Thomas à Becket, a Grade I listed building, [4] in the Romney Deanery. [5] The church has been used as a filming location, including for: a 2011 BBC adaption of Great Expectations; a 2012 BBC adaption of Great Expectations; Parade's End, a 2012 BBC serial
Old Romney is a village and civil parish located in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent. Old Romney St. Clement is a parish dating back to ancient times and, as the name hints out, commenced the primitive settlement of Romney Marsh. It was, thus, the initial port of Romney which over time, stretched out along the Rother toward the sea ...