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Sheldwich
Sheldwich is a village and civil parish in the far south of the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.
Sheldwich is a rural parish situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the market town of Faversham, 10 miles (16 km) north of Ashford and 12 miles west of Canterbury via the M2 and A2. It is fragmented into five parts, with North Street a distinct settlement on the A251, Sheldwich (including the Church and school) scattered further south on or close to the main road; Sheldwich Lees, a small village in its own right (and where the Village Hall and Village Green (known as the Lees) are situated) lying 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south-east of the junction of Lees Court Road and the Ashford Road (A251), and the hamlets of Gosmere and Copton to the north, the latter being transferred to the Parish in 2012. Other than North Street, Copton and part of Gosmere, the remainder of the parish lies within the Kent Downs, (the eastern part of the North Downs), a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The population of the parish in the 2021 census was 485, a fall of 6 from the 2011 Census and continuing the very slow decline in the number of residents. This reflects the almost complete lack of recent residential development in the village, owing to strict planning laws. The village name of Sheldwich is unique within the United Kingdom.
Sheldwich in elections every four years helps to elect one representative to Kent County Council, this is currently:
Sheldwich elects two representatives to Swale Borough Council, currently:
There is also the parish council with delegated responsibilities, such as for trees, litter, parks, some local leisure activities and a planning advisory role.
South east of the settlement of Sheldwich Lees is Lees Court, a listed Grade I country house. It was built c.1652 for George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham, but destroyed entirely by fire in November 1910 and painstakingly rebuilt in 1912. It was the country seat for many years of the Right Honourable the late Earl Sondes.
It is now subdivided into private apartments, along with the Grade II listed Dairy Court, Estate House, Court Yard, and Stable Yard. It also retains well maintained gardens, parkland and grounds.
The estate, once covering 85,000 acres today covers only 6,900 acres, c. 2,500 acres around the villages of Sheldwich and Badlesmere and the remainder at The Swale Estuary, Oare and Faversham Creeks.
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Sheldwich
Sheldwich is a village and civil parish in the far south of the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.
Sheldwich is a rural parish situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the market town of Faversham, 10 miles (16 km) north of Ashford and 12 miles west of Canterbury via the M2 and A2. It is fragmented into five parts, with North Street a distinct settlement on the A251, Sheldwich (including the Church and school) scattered further south on or close to the main road; Sheldwich Lees, a small village in its own right (and where the Village Hall and Village Green (known as the Lees) are situated) lying 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south-east of the junction of Lees Court Road and the Ashford Road (A251), and the hamlets of Gosmere and Copton to the north, the latter being transferred to the Parish in 2012. Other than North Street, Copton and part of Gosmere, the remainder of the parish lies within the Kent Downs, (the eastern part of the North Downs), a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The population of the parish in the 2021 census was 485, a fall of 6 from the 2011 Census and continuing the very slow decline in the number of residents. This reflects the almost complete lack of recent residential development in the village, owing to strict planning laws. The village name of Sheldwich is unique within the United Kingdom.
Sheldwich in elections every four years helps to elect one representative to Kent County Council, this is currently:
Sheldwich elects two representatives to Swale Borough Council, currently:
There is also the parish council with delegated responsibilities, such as for trees, litter, parks, some local leisure activities and a planning advisory role.
South east of the settlement of Sheldwich Lees is Lees Court, a listed Grade I country house. It was built c.1652 for George Sondes, 1st Earl of Feversham, but destroyed entirely by fire in November 1910 and painstakingly rebuilt in 1912. It was the country seat for many years of the Right Honourable the late Earl Sondes.
It is now subdivided into private apartments, along with the Grade II listed Dairy Court, Estate House, Court Yard, and Stable Yard. It also retains well maintained gardens, parkland and grounds.
The estate, once covering 85,000 acres today covers only 6,900 acres, c. 2,500 acres around the villages of Sheldwich and Badlesmere and the remainder at The Swale Estuary, Oare and Faversham Creeks.
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