Coldred

Coldred
Kent
St Pancras, Coldred's Grade-I-listed Saxon church
Location
Location:	51°10’30"N, 1°14’42"E
Data
Post town:	Dover
Postcode:	CT15
Local Government
Council:	Dover

Coldred is a village and ancient parish in the Bewsborough hundred of Kent. Along with nearby Shepherdswell, it forms part of the civil parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred.

The village name derives from the charcoal burners who lived here before the Norman conquest. The Oxford Dictionary of Place Names lists various spellings: Coeldred, Coelret and Colret.

Coldred, at nearly 400 ft above sea level, is one of the highest places in East Kent.

The village contains 55 dwellings, and a church dedicated to St Pancras. Village children attend the primary school at Shepherdswell, less than a mile to the north-west.

Coldred's population is included in the civil parish of Sheperdswell with Coldred.

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