High Halden
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| High Halden | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 1463 [1] |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TQ899373 |
| Administration | |
| Parish: | High Halden |
| Borough: | Ashford |
| Shire county: | Kent |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Kent |
| Historic county: | Kent |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Kent Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | South East Coast |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | TONBRIDGE |
| Postal district: | TN26 |
| Dialling code: | 01233 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Ashford |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
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High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A28 road between Ashford town and Tenterden, 3miles (5km) north of the latter.
[edit] History
Fifty tons of oak was used to build the unusual tower and spire of the 10th - 14th century church, St Mary the Virgin, in 1470-1490. The public house The Chequers Inn, circa 1620, is known to have been used by smugglers and the various gangs such as the "Hawkhurst" and "Cranbrook" gangs that were active in the mid 18th century. The parish is recorded in the Domesday Book and parts of a Norman manor house can be seen at Tiffenden Farm.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001
- ^ Ashford Borough Council
