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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

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Ash is a village in East Kent lying about three miles west of Sandwich. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States This article refers to the cardinal direction for other uses see West (disambiguation. Sandwich is a historic town in Kent, south-east England. It was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings 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. Westmarsh is a village in East Kent, England, between Canterbury and Ramsgate. Ware is a village in Kent, England, between Canterbury and Ramsgate. Hoaden is a hamlet situated one mile (16km to the east of Elmstone, Kent, England. The Ash Level, by the River Stour takes up the northern part of the parish. The River Stour (ˈstaʊə is a the generic name for a group of rivers in Kent, England.

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. An ash can be any of four different tree genera from four very distinct families; most commonly in a combined form (e Toponymy refers to the scientific study of place-names ( toponyms) their origins meanings use and Typology. [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. This article is about the medieval system "Manors" redirects here The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Events By Place Asia Emperor Montoku succeeds Emperor Nimmyō as Emperor of Japan.

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. "Market garden" redirects here For the World War II operation see Operation Market Garden. 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. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism In the same lane are a number of Tudor cottages. Social and economic revolution Following the Black Death Plagues and the agricultural depression of the late 14th century population growth The Chequer Inn was a timbered hall house dating from c. 1500.

External links

Ash Parish Council

RAF Ash (formerly RAF Sandwich was an RAF underground control centre and Radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough

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