Chislet
| Chislet | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 St Mary the Virgin, a Grade-I listed church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TR2264 |
| Location: | 51°20’2"N, 1°11’29"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 872 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Canterbury |
| Postcode: | CT3 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Canterbury |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Thanet |
Chislet is a village and parish in north-east Kent between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. A former spelling, 'Chistlet', is seen in 1418. The population of the civil parish includes the hamlet of Marshside. Most of the land use is fertile agricultural and a significant minority of the land is marsh where low-lying.[2][3]
Geography
The Chislet marshes mark the western end of the Wantsum Channel, an arm of the North Sea that separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland. Saltmaking was an important activity in the marshes in ancient times. Chislet Windmill stood north of the Thanet Way on the road to Reculver until it burnt down in 2005; a replica of the exterior minus sales was built on the same site in 2011 during a housing redevelopment.
Economic history
The Anglo-Westphalian Coal Syndicates Ltd was set up in 1911 to lease land near Chislet, and after various setbacks they finally moved approximately two miles south to take advantage of the A28 road on one side and the railway line on the other. Sinking started in 1914, with control taken over from the German company; a new company was set up called The Chislet Colliery Ltd. Coal was finally reached in 1918 at 1,350 ft. Chislet Colliery Housing Society was formed in 1924 to build a small colliery village of 300 houses north of the colliery on the main road to Thanet. Originally called Chislet Colliery Village, the name was changed to Hersden in 1929 to avoid confusion with Chislet village some two miles away.[4] Until its closure in July 1969, Chislet was the most northerly colliery in Kent.
References
- ↑ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
- ↑ British History website: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63543 ; village of Chistlet
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0084.htm; the defendant in the third entry comes from this place: Simon Littelwode, of Chistlet, husbandman
- ↑ Chislet colliery
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