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Wingham / ˈ w ɪ ŋ əm / is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The village lies along the ancient coastal road, now the A257, from Richborough to London , and is close to Canterbury .
Wingham Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway, which served the village of Wingham. It opened in 1920 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. There was a loop when the station first opened, but this was removed when the line was extended to the Canterbury Road station in 1925. [2]
Ash is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of east Kent about three miles west of Sandwich. The civil parish has a population of 2,767, increasing to 3,365 [1] at the 2011 Census, and includes the villages of Ash, Westmarsh, Ware, Hoaden and Richborough. The Ash Level, by the River Stour, takes up the northern part of the parish.
The Old Canonry, Wingham. Possibly one of the residences for the Canons of the College. In 1282 a College of Canons was founded by John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury. The college originally consisted of a Provost and six canons, and they used St Mary's as their church.
The village is 3 miles (5 km) west of the Bronze Age site at Ringlemere and east of the Roman and Mesolithic sites at Wingham.The village church, dedicated to St James the Great, dates to the Saxon period but there have been Bronze Age finds in the land surrounding the village.
Preston or Preston-next-Wingham is a civil parish and village in the valley of the Little Stour in the Dover District of Kent, England. The village is on the B2076 secondary road. The parish includes the hamlet of Elmstone. The main river through the area is a tributary of the River Stour. The suffix 'next-Wingham' distinguishes the area from ...
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.
Stood near the village of Grain. [170] Isle of Grain All Hallows 1769 1769 Stood 1 mile 2 furlongs (2.0 km) east south east of Allhallows Church. [170] Isle of Grain St Peter's 1769 1769 Stood 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of St Peter's Church. Standing in 1819. [170] Iwade: Iwade Windpump: Hollow Post: Windmill World