Saltwood

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Saltwood
Saltwood (Kent)
Saltwood

Saltwood shown within Kent
District Shepway
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Folkestone and Hythe
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°04′50″N 1°04′39″E / 51.0806, 1.0776Saltwood is a large village in south east Kent, England. It is home to a Country Park (Brockhill Country Park), a large primary school,[1] a major secondary high school (Brockhill Park Performing Arts College),[2] a Norman church (of St Peter & St Paul)[3] and Saltwood Castle,[4] once a possession of the Archbishops of Canterbury,[5] having been assigned to them by a deed of 1026 (now in the British Museum) signed by such leading figures as King Canute and Earl Godwin.[6] More recently this castle (now privately owned) has been home to Lord Clark of Saltwood and then his son Alan Clark MP. It is located about a mile to the north of the cinque port of Hythe, although the parish boundaries of Saltwood come very much closer to Hythe town centre.

Saltwood has two satellite hamlet communities; one is Pedlinge which has a handful of houses and a small Anglican Chapel and the other is Sandling which also has a tiny collection of homes, Sandling railway station, and the house and estate of Sandling Park. The railway station serves the village of Saltwood, to which it is linked by a regular bus service.

The residents of Sandling Park and their estate employees traditionally worship at Pedlinge chapel, which is served by the parish priest (rector) of Saltwood.

Saltwood also has a Cricket team which plays in the Kent Village League's Second Division, and has a ground and pavilion in the village at Kiln Corner, on the top of Tanners Hill.

Until 1987 Saltwood attracted visitors to a historical point of interest, the Saltwood Miniature Railway, which was the oldest miniature railway in the world, still extant.[7] However, in 1987 this railway closed and has since been broken up and its component parts sold.

[edit] References

  1. ^ See official website entry below.
  2. ^ See official website entry below.
  3. ^ See official website entry below.
  4. ^ See official website entry below.
  5. ^ See, for example, this article at Catholic Encyclopedia quoting "The archbishop owned more than twenty manors in Kent alone, including the castle of Saltwood."
  6. ^ See historical summary at Saltwood Castle's history page on the official website.
  7. ^ See discussion at 7.25" Gauge Society homepage, or at the Saltwood Miniature Railway official website.

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