West Farleigh

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Coordinates: 51°15′01″N 0°27′14″E / 51.2502°N 0.4540°E / 51.2502; 0.4540
West Farleigh

All Saints Church
West Farleigh

 West Farleigh shown within Kent
OS grid reference TQ715534
District Maidstone
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Maidstone
Postcode district ME15 0xx
Dialling code 01622
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Maidstone and The Weald
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West Farleigh is a village and civil parish[1] four miles (6.4 km) southwest of Maidstone in the county of Kent. The parish has a population of approximately 450, and is bounded by the civil parishes of East Farleigh, Hunton, Yalding, and over the River Medway by Wateringbury, Teston and Barming. The village boasts three pubs; the White House, The Tickled Trout and The Good Intent. Adjacent to the church is the village cricket ground. The village is twinned with the northern German village of Ringstedt, near Bremerhaven.

The sports club[2] runs a football section involving two senior Saturday sides, a veterans' side, and five junior sides which plays their home games at Elmscroft Park, Charlton Lane. An annual tour that was once mainly between the village football teams and that of Ringstedt, but now includes many from the wider community; this has been an ongoing event, and ever flourishing, since 1988. The cricket section of the sports club runs two senior teams on Saturdays, playing in the Invicta League.

The primary school, that had one classroom, closed in 1968. One of its two teachers at the time, was Miss Whittle, the daughter of Sir Frank Whittle, co-inventor of the jet engine. The village's post office and only stores closed in 1986.

All Saints church dates back to the 11th century. West Farleigh Hall dates from 1719. Both buildings are Grade I listed buildings.[3][4]

References

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  1. ↑ West Farleigh Parish website
  2. ↑ West Farleigh Sports Club
  3. ↑ English Heritage. "Church of All Saints (1060613)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2011 .
  4. ↑ English Heritage. "West Farleigh Hall (1116033)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2011 .
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Towns and villages in the Maidstone borough of Kent, England


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