Ash (near Sandwich)

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Ash
The War Memorial in Ash
Ash shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TR285582
Parish	Ash-with-Westmarsh
District	Dover
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Dover
Postcode district	CT3
Dialling code	01304
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	South Thanet
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°16′39″N 1°16′34″E / 51.2774, 1.2761

For other uses, see Ash.

Ash is a village in East Kent lying about three miles west of Sandwich. Combined with the nearby hamlet of Westmarsh it forms the Parish of Ash-with-Westmarsh, one of the largest in the county.

The parish has a total population of 2767, and includes the villages of Ash, Westmarsh, Ware and Hoaden. The Ash Level, by the River Stour takes up the northern part of the parish.

[edit] History

It 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.[1]

It 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.

The parish church, (www.s8nicholas.org.UK), 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. They now house a ring of 10 bells. It also has the best collection of medieval monumental effigies in Kent, including one to Jane Kerriel (c 1455) which reveals a unique horse-shoe head-dress. Ash is known for its market gardens, and it had at one time its own brewery and organ maker. There are two vineyards nearby. The village has a primary school, doctors' surgery and several shops.

There are many medieval buildings in the village, including one which is named as a Historic Building of Kent and 11 of the 12 original manor houses. In the same lane are a number of Tudor cottages. The Chequer Inn was a timbered hall house dating from c. 1500.

[edit] See also

RAF Ash

[edit] External links

Ash Parish Council

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