Bethersden
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Bethersden is a small village and civil parish
five miles (8 km) west of Ashford, Kent
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The village has two public houses – The Bull and The George. It has a beautiful church (St Margaret's), built in the early 15th century, and a Baptist church (Union Chapel).
Bethersden formerly well-known for producing Marble
and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade.
Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace
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Several successful business have operated from the village — The Stevenson Brothers, who produce high quality hand made rocking horses, W & D Cole, who make iron gates and raillings and the former Colt Houses, who sold pre fabricated timber homes.
The village has a football team and a cricket
team, and a small primary school.
The Bethersden Parish Records Society holds the original parish register, maps, books, photographs and other records relating to the village.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
five miles (8 km) west of Ashford, Kent
Ashford, Kent
Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...
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The village has two public houses – The Bull and The George. It has a beautiful church (St Margaret's), built in the early 15th century, and a Baptist church (Union Chapel).
Bethersden formerly well-known for producing Marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
and was a centre of the Kentish wool trade.
Lovelace Place in Bethersden was the birthplace of 17th-century poet Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil war. His best known works are To Althea, from Prison, and To Lucasta, Going to the Warres....
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Several successful business have operated from the village — The Stevenson Brothers, who produce high quality hand made rocking horses, W & D Cole, who make iron gates and raillings and the former Colt Houses, who sold pre fabricated timber homes.
The village has a football team and a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team, and a small primary school.
The Bethersden Parish Records Society holds the original parish register, maps, books, photographs and other records relating to the village.