Sevenoaks Weald

Sevenoaks Weald

The Windmill public house in central Weald
Sevenoaks Weald
 Sevenoaks Weald shown within Kent
Population 1,474 [1]
1,222 (2011 Census)[2]
Civil parishSevenoaks Weald
DistrictSevenoaks
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SEVENOAKS
Postcode district TN14
Dialling code 01732
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentSevenoaks
List of places
UK
England
Kent

Coordinates: 51°14′16″N 0°11′29″E / 51.237892°N 0.191258°E / 51.237892; 0.191258

St George's Church

Sevenoaks Weald is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the Low Weald, immediately south of Sevenoaks town, with the village of Sevenoaks Weald at its centre. It was formed in 1894 from part of the ancient parish of Sevenoaks.

The village was originally named simply Weald.

The parish church is dedicated to St George. It was built in 1821 and was provided as a chapel of ease so that parishioners did not have the long climb to St. Nicholas, the parish church of Sevenoaks. Land and funds were given for the chapel and churchyards by the Lambarde family. Architect Thomas Graham Jackson added a chancel in 1871; the funds were provided by the Hodgson family.[3][4] Weald Methodist Church on the village green opened in 1843;[5] and also in the village is a former Brethren Gospel Hall dating from 1875[5] and the former St Edward the Confessor's Roman Catholic Church.

Long Barn is a property with a historic garden, begun in 1915 by Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and further developed by Edwin Lutyens in 1925.[6] The nearest train station is Sevenoaks.

Nearest Settlements

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References

Notes

  1. 2001 census
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1243722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. Newman 1969, pp. 497–498.
  5. 1 2 Homan 1984, p. 87.
  6. Parks and Gardens

Bibliography

  • Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. ISBN 0-85033-466-7. 
  • Newman, John (1969). West Kent and the Weald. Buildings of England (1st ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-300-09614-9. 
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