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which were recorded in 1552. Much like other churches in the area its walls have been constructed with local flints. It is made up of a tower in the west, a nave with north and south aisles and a chancel with north and south chapels, all of which are open making the church open and airy. There are a number of large tablets inside the church which are all dedicated to prominent families in the parish like the
Honywoods. The church hosts a 19th-century organ as well as kitchen facilities, a toilet, and a vestry which is now used for Sunday school. Every second Sunday of the month a family service is held in the church. The two chapels were both added to the Church around 1300. The South Chapel is known as both a Chapel of John the Baptist and as the Honywood Chapel, the latter because of the monuments to Sir Thomas Honywood and Sir William Honywood as well as a number of dedications to the family on monuments on the walls and
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Sheep and other farming . In these lower areas the ground contains far more in the way of clay and flint deposits than chalk. The Parish church of St James the Great lies in the center of the parish at a kilometre or two from the parish boundary in every direction. On its eastern boundary the parish largely follows parallel to the Roman Road Stone Street. However it dips into the hamlets of
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Ashford. It has a post office under Ashford, and a fair on 25 July. Acres, 2, 692. Real property, £2, 692. Pop., 492. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £80. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The
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Bodsham Church of England Primary School. The School has around 90 students and has a close link to the local church with a daily worship. It is part
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defines part of the parish's eastern border. Constructed after the 43 AD invasion of the
British Isles, the road was made to make travel from Canterbury to the south coast faster and more direct for movements of troops in the Empire. It also made trade for areas surrounding the road easier and later
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Elmsted is a small parish encompassing an area of approximately 10 km square with its population scattered in small hamlets like
Bodsham, North Leigh and Elmsted Court. Settlements are largely at the top of the chalky down land with surrounding, lowland areas being used for grazing Cattle and
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Archbishop of Canterbury and whilst the church is now older it remains in good condition. The fair on the 25th of July for St James’ day now no longer takes place, though a spring fair occurs May 1 in Evington Hall. The number of houses in Elmsted has increased
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in 1966 due to its historic and architectural significance. The church has an unusual wooden medieval belfry on the tower which was constructed across the 13th and 14th centuries. There are 6 bells in the church which were cast in 1721 by John Waylet. Before this there were 4 bells in the belfry
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