Eastry Rural District
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Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent
, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District
and other parishes were reorganised.
It included the following civil parishes:
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District
Isle of Thanet Rural District
The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district....
and other parishes were reorganised.
It included the following civil parishes:
| Parish | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acol Acol, Kent Acol is a hamlet and civil parish about south of Birchington in Kent, England. It is one of the smallest communities in Kent, and over the years large parts of the parish have been transferred to other neighbouring communities... |
1935 | 1974 | gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Isle of Thanet Rural District The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district.... |
| Ash | 1894 | 1974 | |
| Aylesham Aylesham Aylesham is a village and civil parish near the cathedral town of Canterbury. Aylesham has its administrative and political seat in the Dover district of Kent in England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,884.... |
1951 | 1974 | created from part of Nonington Nonington Nonington, also, variously, Nonnington, Nunyngton, Nonnyngton, Nunnington, is a small village in the southeast corner of Kent, situated halfway between the historic city of Canterbury and the channel port town of Dover... |
| Barfreston Barfrestone Barfrestone is a hamlet in East Kent, UK between Shepherdswell, Eythorne and Nonington and close to the pit villages of Elvington and Snowdown... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Eythorne Eythorne Eythorne is a civil parish and small village of about 1000 homes, located 7.3 miles NNW of Dover in Kent. There are currently about 2500 residents. Eythorne holds many historical attributes. Situated a few miles away from Dover beach, it offers many articles of evidence of the war... |
| Betteshanger Betteshanger Betteshanger is a village near Deal in East Kent, England. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield.-Before the coal mine:... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Northbourne Northbourne Northbourne is a village near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current Baron Northbourne. It should not be confused with an area in Bournemouth of the same name.... |
| Chillenden Chillenden Chillenden is a village in East Kent, England, between Canterbury and Deal. It was home to the families of Thomas Chillenden and William Chillenden, as indicated by their surnames.... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Goodnestone Goodnestone, Dover Goodnestone is a village in the district of Dover, Kent, England.-Goodnestone Park near Sandwich:Goodnestone Park is a stately home near the Canterbury–Sandwich village. It was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet.... |
| Eastry Eastry Eastry is a civil parish and remote, yet historically significant village four kilometres SW of Sandwich, in Kent, that was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".-Etymology:... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Elmstone Elmstone Elmstone is a village in East Kent, England, between Canterbury and Sandwich.... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Preston with small part to Wingham Wingham, Kent Wingham is a civil parish and English Kent village situated along the ancient coastal road, now the A257, from Richborough to London and close to Canterbury. It has existed since the Stone Age but only became established as a village in Roman times. The Domesday book tells us that during Saxon... |
| Eythorne Eythorne Eythorne is a civil parish and small village of about 1000 homes, located 7.3 miles NNW of Dover in Kent. There are currently about 2500 residents. Eythorne holds many historical attributes. Situated a few miles away from Dover beach, it offers many articles of evidence of the war... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Goodnestone Goodnestone, Dover Goodnestone is a village in the district of Dover, Kent, England.-Goodnestone Park near Sandwich:Goodnestone Park is a stately home near the Canterbury–Sandwich village. It was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet.... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Great Mongeham Great Mongeham Great Mongeham is a village and civil parish in East Kent, on the outskirts of Deal. Its name is derived from Mundelingham or village of Mundel. Parts of Great Mongeham's church, St Martin's, date back to the 13th century... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Deal with small part to Sholden Sholden Sholden is a quiet village near Deal towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England. It has one church, a school and a cricket field.-External links:*... |
| Ham Ham, Kent Ham is a hamlet near the town of Sandwich in Kent, England, within the parish of Northbourne.There is a signpost nearby which points to both the hamlet and the town, thus appearing to read "Ham Sandwich".... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Northbourne Northbourne Northbourne is a village near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current Baron Northbourne. It should not be confused with an area in Bournemouth of the same name.... |
| Knowlton Knowlton, Kent Knowlton was an eccesiastical and civil parish; the former was abolished in 1940 , the latter in 1935 , and the hamlet is now part of Goodnestone civil parish. It is located about 10 miles north of Dover in Kent, England. Knowlton Hall, set in of parkland, is located here.The Church of St Clement... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Goodnestone Goodnestone, Dover Goodnestone is a village in the district of Dover, Kent, England.-Goodnestone Park near Sandwich:Goodnestone Park is a stately home near the Canterbury–Sandwich village. It was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet.... |
| Little Mongeham Little Mongeham Little Mongeham is a small hamlet near Dover in Kent, southeast England. The main buildings are Little Mongeham House and Manor Farm.The scholar Richard James held the living of Little Mongeham from 1629. The White Cliffs Country Trail runs through the middle of the village.-External links:... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Sutton Sutton, Kent Sutton is a village near Dover in Kent, England.... |
| Minster Minster-in-Thanet Minster-in-Thanet, also known as Minster, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is situated to the west of Ramsgate and to the north east of Canterbury; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour... |
1935 | 1974 | gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Isle of Thanet Rural District The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district.... |
| Monkton Monkton, Kent Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is located at the south-western edge of the Isle of Thanet and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A263 road between Canterbury and Ramsgate. The civil parish stretches south to the... |
1935 | 1974 | gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Isle of Thanet Rural District The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district.... |
| Nonington Nonington Nonington, also, variously, Nonnington, Nunyngton, Nonnyngton, Nunnington, is a small village in the southeast corner of Kent, situated halfway between the historic city of Canterbury and the channel port town of Dover... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Northbourne Northbourne Northbourne is a village near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current Baron Northbourne. It should not be confused with an area in Bournemouth of the same name.... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Preston | 1894 | 1974 | |
| Ripple Ripple, Kent Ripple is a village in Kent, England. It is also known as Ripple Vale. John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, the commander of the first British Expeditionary Force was born there in 1852, and is buried at the village church... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| St Nicholas at Wade | 1935 | 1974 | gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Isle of Thanet Rural District The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district.... |
| Sarre Sarre, Kent Sarre is a village and civil parish in Thanet District in Kent, England. The village is a part of St. Nicholas-at-Wade ecclesiastical parish, after having lost the local church of St. Giles in Elizabethan times; the ecclesiastical parishes were subsequently combined. In its own right Sarre is an... |
1935 | 1974 | gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Isle of Thanet Rural District The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet district.... |
| Sholden Sholden Sholden is a quiet village near Deal towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England. It has one church, a school and a cricket field.-External links:*... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Staple Staple, Kent Staple is a small village and civil parish in east Kent. It lies southwest of the nearby village of Ash and the town of Sandwichand east of Canterbury.-History:... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Stourmouth Stourmouth Stourmouth is a civil parish in the Dover local government district of Kent, England.Its name comes from the fact that, before the Wantsum Channel was cut off from the sea, the village was at the mouth of the River Stour.-Geography:... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Sutton Sutton, Kent Sutton is a village near Dover in Kent, England.... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Tilmanstone Tilmanstone Tilmanstone is a small village in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone has no schools, few shops and a church and town hall. The population of Tilmanstone often work for the nearby companies, such as Pfizer or Tilmanstone Salads, or in... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Waldershare Waldershare Waldershare is a village near Dover in Kent, England.... |
1894 | 1935 | abolished and used to enlarge Ripple Ripple, Kent Ripple is a village in Kent, England. It is also known as Ripple Vale. John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, the commander of the first British Expeditionary Force was born there in 1852, and is buried at the village church... and Tilmanstone Tilmanstone Tilmanstone is a small village in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone has no schools, few shops and a church and town hall. The population of Tilmanstone often work for the nearby companies, such as Pfizer or Tilmanstone Salads, or in... |
| Wingham Wingham, Kent Wingham is a civil parish and English Kent village situated along the ancient coastal road, now the A257, from Richborough to London and close to Canterbury. It has existed since the Stone Age but only became established as a village in Roman times. The Domesday book tells us that during Saxon... |
1894 | 1974 | |
| Woodnesborough Woodnesborough Woodnesborough is a village in East Kent two miles west of Sandwich.Its name is believed to originate from Woden's Borough after Anglo-Saxon god Woden .... |
1894 | 1974 | reduced by 376 acres (1.5 km²) in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich |
| Worth Worth, Kent Worth is a small village situated near Sandwich, Kent, England. It has two public houses, a church, and a school.C.S. Forester's fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower was born in the village of Worth, according to Hornblower's biographer Cyril Northcote Parkinson [see The Life and Times of... |
1894 | 1974 | reduced by 255 acres (1 km²) in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich |