Great Chart
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Great Chart is a village in civil parish
of Great Chart with Singleton
in the Ashford
District of Kent
, England
. The parish is split between the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton housing development, which is part of the western outskirts of Ashford
. The village centre of Great Chart lies about two miles (3.2km) from the town centre.
The medieval parish church is dedicated to St Mary; there is also a thriving congregation in St Mary's in Singleton who meet in the village hall every Sunday.
The village has two pubs, The Swan and the Hoodener's Horse and a thriving cricket club. The club has 2 Sunday XI's playing in the Kent Village Leagues , a Saturday "friendly" XI and a number of "colts" teams.
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...
of Great Chart with Singleton
Great Chart with Singleton
Great Chart with Singleton is a civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The parish is split between the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton housing development....
in the Ashford
Ashford (borough)
Ashford is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Ashford.The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tenterden with Ashford urban district, and the East Ashford, West Ashford and Tenterden Rural Districts...
District of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
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. The parish is split between the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton housing development, which is part of the western outskirts of Ashford
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...
. The village centre of Great Chart lies about two miles (3.2km) from the town centre.
The medieval parish church is dedicated to St Mary; there is also a thriving congregation in St Mary's in Singleton who meet in the village hall every Sunday.
The village has two pubs, The Swan and the Hoodener's Horse and a thriving cricket club. The club has 2 Sunday XI's playing in the Kent Village Leagues , a Saturday "friendly" XI and a number of "colts" teams.
External links
- Parish Council notes
- Parish churches website
- Village history from 762 AD http://gtchart.tripod.com/greatchart/
- Great Chart Cricket Club http://greatchart.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp
- Photos of Great Chart on www.Geograph.org.uk http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3254395