Egerton, Kent
| Egerton | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 Egerton village sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ9147 |
| Location: | 51°11’38"N, 0°43’48"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,073 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ashford |
| Postcode: | TN27 |
| Dialling code: | 01233 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Ashford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ashford |
Egerton is a village in Kent, on the Greensand Ridge nine miles north of Ashford, its parish stretching south into a lower plain towards the West Stour. The parish is a relatively scattered rural one; the settlement of Stonebridge Green, adjacent to Egerton village centre, is also in the parish.
Geography
A narrow escarpment of dense Greensand forms the north of the parish where the largest single residential area is. The northern slopes of this are two named woods. Most of the slopes and plain below to the south is used for mixed farming and hedgerows, with a lower proportion of woodland and wider buffer areas between settled farmstead clusters of homes.
About the village
A large pub, The George is joined by the Millennium Hall, the village stores, a games barn, cricket and football pitches, an internet café and a primary school, which has a minimum weekly event and funding from the Church of England.
Egerton has a fair proportion of listed properties, which include Egerton House and a Saxon Burial mound.
Churches
The 13th-century parish church is St James. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The village also has an independent church, Egerton Free Church.
In film, the media and literature
Its bakery was featured on the 1990s television programme The Darling Buds of May.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Egerton, Kent) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1071496: Church of Sty James, Egerton