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| Population | 2168[1] (Parish) |
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| District | Dover |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dover |
| Postcode district | CT13 |
| Dialling code | 01304 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Dover |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
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Etymology
Its name is derived from East and y meaning province (cp Surrey: southern province) .
Historical legends
It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his cousins within the palace walls. Ecgberht, or Egbert (died July 4, 673) was a King of Kent who ruled from 664 to 673 succeeding his father Eorcenberht[http //en According to the legend, the royal residence was passed to the priory of Christchurch in Canterbury as penance for the crime. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. The site of this ancient palace is believed to now be occupied by Eastry Court, close besides the church.
Another traditional story is that Thomas Becket hid in Eastry's caves whilst escaping from England in 1164. St Thomas Becket (c 1118 &ndash December 29, 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 Those same caves are associated with other stories that may or may not be true.
Parish church
Eastry parish church is dedicated to St Mary. Within the church is a brass standard bushel measure given in 1792. A bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local Gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U
East Kent Light Railway
The East Kent Light Railway was opened to freight traffic in 1911 and passenger traffic in 1916; its purpose was to serve the new coal mines which were being opened up in the area. The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply-built rural light railways in England Among the stations opened were Eastry and Eastry South. Both the colliery and the line failed and the section north of Eythorne completely closed by 1951. Eythorne is a Civil parish and small Village of about 2000 homes located 6
Mills
Eastry has had a number of windmills over the centuries. There were four mills marked on the 1819 - 1843 Ordnance Survey map, one of which, the Upper Mill, has been converted into a house. Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government Upper Mill is a Grade II listed house converted smock mill in Eastry, Kent, England.
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References
- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
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