Post by Les on Aug 2, 2021 4:43:31 GMT
Hothfield is in Ashford
In the north west is Hothfield Common, 58 hectares (143 acres) of heathland and lowland valley bogs.
there is a nature reserve managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
To the immediate south is the private parkland of the former Hothfield House. This area is crossed by the Greensand Way passing the church en route to Godinton House. A small part of the neighbourhood of Ram Lane is in the far northern point of the civil parish. Small tributaries of the West Stour rise in the parish.
The medieval parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret; it was rebuilt in 1598 after a fire.
Church of St Margaret formerly listed as Church of St Mary
Built of Kentish ragstone. Chancel with north and south chapels. Nave with aisles and west tower with shingled spire.
The interior has no arches separating the chancel from the nave or the chapels from the aisles.
Three bay nave. The building contained mediaeval work of several periods but was badly damaged by lightning in the late 16 / 17century
It was rebuilt by Sir John Tufton, who died in 1642 and is buried in the church.
The north and south chapels were added in 1876, when the whole church was restored.
Credence and aumbry. Cinquefoil headed piscina and traces of sedilia. "The Lost Chord" was composed and first played on the organ here.
When Sir Arthur Sullivan was a guest of Lord and Lady Hothfield.
The churchyard contains some 18 Century headstones with hourglass, skull and cherub motifs, and oval bodystones.
Hothfield in Edward Hasted's Topography of Kent 1798 has a substantial amount of information about the history and the then layout of land and settlement.
It was served by Hothfield railway station on the Maidstone Line from 1884 until 1959. The nearest railway stations are Ashford International station and Charing station.
Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
"Hothfield Heathlands". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Vigar, John E. "St Margaret's Church, Hothfield". kentchurches.info. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Hasted, Edward (1798). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (Volume 7). pp. 514–526. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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In the north west is Hothfield Common, 58 hectares (143 acres) of heathland and lowland valley bogs.
there is a nature reserve managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
To the immediate south is the private parkland of the former Hothfield House. This area is crossed by the Greensand Way passing the church en route to Godinton House. A small part of the neighbourhood of Ram Lane is in the far northern point of the civil parish. Small tributaries of the West Stour rise in the parish.
The medieval parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret; it was rebuilt in 1598 after a fire.
Church of St Margaret formerly listed as Church of St Mary
Built of Kentish ragstone. Chancel with north and south chapels. Nave with aisles and west tower with shingled spire.
The interior has no arches separating the chancel from the nave or the chapels from the aisles.
Three bay nave. The building contained mediaeval work of several periods but was badly damaged by lightning in the late 16 / 17century
It was rebuilt by Sir John Tufton, who died in 1642 and is buried in the church.
The north and south chapels were added in 1876, when the whole church was restored.
Credence and aumbry. Cinquefoil headed piscina and traces of sedilia. "The Lost Chord" was composed and first played on the organ here.
When Sir Arthur Sullivan was a guest of Lord and Lady Hothfield.
The churchyard contains some 18 Century headstones with hourglass, skull and cherub motifs, and oval bodystones.
Hothfield in Edward Hasted's Topography of Kent 1798 has a substantial amount of information about the history and the then layout of land and settlement.
It was served by Hothfield railway station on the Maidstone Line from 1884 until 1959. The nearest railway stations are Ashford International station and Charing station.
Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
"Hothfield Heathlands". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Vigar, John E. "St Margaret's Church, Hothfield". kentchurches.info. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Hasted, Edward (1798). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (Volume 7). pp. 514–526. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
External links