Kingsnorth
| Kingsnorth | |
  Kingsnorth Kingsnorth shown within Kent | |
| Population | 6,709 [1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | TR002393 |
| Civil parish | Kingsnorth |
| District | Ashford |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TN23/TN24 |
| Dialling code | 01233 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Ashford |
Kingsnorth is a village and civil parish near Ashford in Kent, England.
Features
The Greensand Way, a long distance footpath stretching from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent, passes through the parish on the final stretch.
Ashford Town Football Club's ground, Homelands, is just outside the village.
There is also a primary school within the village, which has been greatly expanded due to the influx of people moving to the nearby housing estate, Park Farm, which boasts a large supermarket and may eventually have its own rail halt on the Marshlink Line.
The village post office is based in the Kingsnorth Village Hall on Church Hill, although the hamlet of Stubbs Cross which falls within the parish still retains its post office. The village of Kingsnorth where the parish church can be found is quite small.
History
A Roman settlement was discovered at the crossing of two important Roman roads on Westhawk Farm. The centre of the settlement has been preserved unexcavated as an open space, but before building began on the rest of the site, part of a Roman road was uncovered. There was evidence to show that there had been timber buildings at the side of the road, some of which were associated with ironworking. A shrine or temple was also found with a water-hole which contained 74, mostly 2nd-century coins probably left as offerings. Over 250 coins and many other artefacts were discovered on the site together with a Roman cemetery and an Iron Age burial.
A site at Park Farm, which is crossed by one of the Roman roads, also yielded Roman pottery fragments, some of which were associated with the regional distribution of salt, probably made on Romney Marsh.
A transcript of the Domesday Book of 1086 indicates that there was a settlement at Kingsnorth controlled by the Manor of Wye. One explanation of the name is that it derived from the Old English cyninges snad, detached land belonging to a royal estate. Another suggestion is that the settlement took its name from Jutish people 'Kyn', kin folk, who settled on a wooded hill or 'snode'. Other early variations of the name are Kyngsnode; Kynsnoth, Kyngesnothe and Kingessnode.
The RAF and USAAF occupied RAF Kingsnorth, an airfield close to the village, during World War II.
Transportation
Kingsnorth is located on the former A2070 Ashford to Hamstreet road.
References
- ↑ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001
External links
Media related to Kingsnorth at Wikimedia Commons
