Ash Village, a Walking History Tour Guide Using Postcards Kent UK Jeremy Vaughan Photography

Описание: Ash is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of east Kent about three miles west of Sandwich.

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The civil parish has a population of 2,767, increasing to 3,365 at the 2011 Census, and includes the villages of Ash, Westmarsh, Ware, Hoaden and Richborough. The Ash Level, by the River Stour, takes up the northern part of the parish.

History
Ash was once on the main thoroughfare from Canterbury to the channel port of Sandwich. It takes its name from the Old English æsc (ash) and shows its toponymy in its first recorded form, Æsce, in about 1100.

A variation may be Esch in 1418.

Ash was once part of the Royal manor of Wingham and having been given to the See of Canterbury in 850 AD by King Athelstan, it became a separate parish in 1282, one of the largest in Kent at that time.

The Harflete or Harfleet family were Lords of the Manor for many years. The family died out in the late seventeenth century.

The Grade I listed parish church, is dedicated to St Nicholas [4] and probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon church, dates partly from the 12th century and has a 15th-century tower with a lead spire (once used as a navigation aid for ships), which now houses a ring of ten bells. It also has the best collection of medieval monumental effigies in Kent, including one to Jane Kerriel (c. 1455) which reveals a unique horseshoe head-dress.

Ash is known for its market gardens, and at one time had its own brewery and organ maker. There are two vineyards nearby.

There are many medieval buildings in the village, including 'Molland House' which is named as a Historic Building of Kent and eleven of the twelve original manor houses. In the same lane are a number of Tudor cottages. The Chequer Inn began life as a timber-framed hall house, dating from about 1500.

From 1916 to 1948 it had a station ("Ash Town") on the East Kent Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephens' lines, which ran between Shepherdswell and Wingham.

Ash was once on the main thoroughfare from Canterbury to the channel port of Sandwich. Ash is best known for its medieval buildings, narrow roads and charming shops that are dotted around the village.

It sits on the main Roman road from Richborough to London and findings
dating back to the era have been found at a couple of locations in the village.

The Grade I listed parish church, is dedicated to St Nicholas and probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon church, dates partly from the 12th century and has a 15th-century tower with a green copper spire (once used as a navigation aid), which now houses a ring of ten bells. It also has the best collection of medieval monumental effigies in Kent, including one to Jane Kerriel 1455 which reveals a unique horseshoe head-dress.

There are many medieval buildings in the village, including 'Molland House' which is named as a Historic Building of Kent and eleven of the twelve original manor houses. In the same lane are a number of Tudor cottages.

Recently purchased by the Chequer Inn Ash Society Limited the pub re-opened its doors in July 2019. The Chequer Inn began life as a timber-framed hall house, dating from about 1500.This 14th century Grade II listed timber-framed pub is located in the middle of the country village of Ash.

From 1916 to 1948 it had a station ("Ash Town") on the East Kent Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephens' lines, which ran between Shepherdswell and Wingham. Ash is known for its market gardens, and at one time had its own brewery and organ maker. There are two vineyards nearby.
The village has a primary school, a prep school, doctors' surgery and several shops.

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