Ide Hill is a village within the civil parish of Sundridge with Ide Hill, in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Sundridge and Ide Hill is a Civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The Council The Council consists of 54 elected councillors representing wards in the District KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It stands on one of the highest points of the sandstone ridge about five miles south-west of Sevenoaks. Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock composed mainly of Sand -size Mineral or rock grains. Sevenoaks is a Commuter town in the Sevenoaks district of Kent in South East England and forms part of the London commuter belt. Its name first appears on record in 1250 as Edythehelle. It is an eponymic denoting 'Edith's hill', from the Old English hyll 'hill'.
The church is relatively modern. The village had a chapel in 1807, built by the then Bishop of London; St Mary's church was built in 1865 and "has the distinction of being the highest church in Kent" [The Kent Village Book], as well as boasting a beautiful lychgate, crafted by local builder Cecil 'Dusty' Boakes. The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. There are several old buildings round the sloping village green, including the 18th-century Cock Inn and the Ide Hill Village School, built in 1856 it is the second home of the school which unusually for a church school predates the church building as the school was formed in 1809. A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement
Two of Kent's places of interest are near Ide Hill: Bough Beech Reservoir and Emmetts Garden.
Bough Beech Reservoir was completed in 1969. A large area round it is leased to the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation as a nature reserve.
Emmetts Garden is in the care of the National Trust. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales It was laid out in the late 19th century. There is a stone seat near the village church to commemorate Octavia Hill, one of the Trust's founders. Octavia Hill ( 3 December 1838 – 13 August 1912) was an English social reformer particularly concerned with the welfare of
External links
- Bough Beech Reservoir
- The Parish Churches and Community Information
- Emmetts Garden
- Ide Hill Village
- Ide Hill Primary School
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