High Halden

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High Halden
High Halden (Kent)
High Halden

High Halden shown within Kent
Population 1463[1]
OS grid reference TQ899373
Parish High Halden
District Ashford
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TONBRIDGE
Postcode district TN26
Dialling code 01233
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Ashford
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°06′12″N 0°42′49″E / 51.1034, 0.7135

High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A28 road between Ashford town and Tenterden, 3miles (5km) north of the latter.

[edit] History

Fifty tons of oak was used to build the unusual tower and spire of the 10th–14th-century church, St Mary the Virgin, in 1470-1490. The church was restored in 1835 through funds donated by Mrs. Amy Kynaston Sutton, widow of the former vicar Evelyn Levett Sutton. [2]The public house The Chequers Inn, circa 1620, is known to have been used by smugglers and the various gangs such as the "Hawkhurst" and "Cranbrook" gangs that were active in the mid-18th century. The parish is recorded in the Domesday Book and parts of a Norman manor house can be seen at Tiffenden Farm.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001
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  3. ^ Ashford Borough Council
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Towns and villages in the Ashford district of Kent, England
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