Nonington
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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
. The parish of Nonington was once made up of the now separate parishes of Nonington and Aylesham.It also has a Baptist chapel, linked to Eythorne Baptist Church.
It is home to The Bruderhof who have taken over the old Nonington College of Physical Education, previously St. Alban's Court, the home of the Hammond family from the Reformation until the late 1930's.
Nonington has its own primary school; Nonington CE Primary School.
Nonington has been in the Guinness Book of Records for their Majesty Oak, the largest maiden oak tree in the UK which can be found in Fredville Park.
http://www.nonington.org.uk
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the southeast corner of Kent
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...
, situated halfway between the historic city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
and the channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
town of Dover
Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
. The parish of Nonington was once made up of the now separate parishes of Nonington and Aylesham.It also has a Baptist chapel, linked to Eythorne Baptist Church.
It is home to The Bruderhof who have taken over the old Nonington College of Physical Education, previously St. Alban's Court, the home of the Hammond family from the Reformation until the late 1930's.
Nonington has its own primary school; Nonington CE Primary School.
Nonington has been in the Guinness Book of Records for their Majesty Oak, the largest maiden oak tree in the UK which can be found in Fredville Park.
External links
- http://www.nonington.com/
http://www.nonington.org.uk