Places to see in ( Aylesford - UK )
Places to see in ( Aylesford - UK )
Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, 4 miles NW of Maidstone in England. Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops. Two pubs, a village shop and other amenities including a hairdresser, estate agent, two restaurants, a chiropodist and a coffee shop are located on the high street. Aylesford's current population is around 5,000.
The Parish of Aylesford covers more than seven square miles, stretching north to Rochester Airport estate and south to Barming, and has a total population of over 10,000 (as of 2011), with the main settlements at Aylesford, Eccles, Blue Bell Hill Village and (part of) Walderslade.
Aylesford Newsprint was a long-established major employer in the area and was the largest paper recycling factory in Europe, manufacturing newsprint for the newspaper industry. In 2015, Aylesford Paper Mill, as it was known by local residents, was closed down and stripped of all its assets. Many local families who had been employed there, sometimes for several generations, were affected.
Bronze Age swords have been discovered near here and an Iron Age settlement and Roman villa stood at Eccles. A cemetery of the British Iron Age discovered in 1886 was excavated under the leadership of Sir Arthur Evans (of Knossos fame), and published in 1890. Many of Evans' finds are now kept in the British Museum, including a bronze jug, pan and 'bucket' with handles in the form of a human face from a cremation burial. With the later excavation at Swarling not far away (discovery to publication was 1921-1925) this is the type site for Aylesford-Swarling pottery or the Aylesford-Swarling culture. Evan's conclusion that the site belonged to a culture closely related to the continental Belgae, remains the modern view, though the dating has been refined to the period after about 75 BC. The village has been suggested as the site of the Battle of the Medway during the Roman invasion of Britain although there is no direct evidence of this.
Due to the village's location on its banks, the River Medway has been a key influence on its development. Aylesford takes its name from an Old English personal name, and literally denotes ‘Ægel’s ford’. Its first recorded use is from the tenth century, as Æglesforda. It was also the place where one of the earliest bridges across the Medway was built, believed to be in the 14th century (although the wide central span seen today is later). Upstream from Rochester Bridge it became the next bridging point. The river was navigable as far as Maidstone until 1740, when barges of forty tons could reach as far as Tonbridge. As a result, wharves were built, one being at Aylesford. Corn, fodder and fruit, along with stone and timber, were the principal cargoes.
Aylesford railway station, opened on 18 June 1856, is on the Medway Valley Line connecting Strood with Maidstone (West) and Paddock Wood. The original station buildings – gabled and highly decorated, built in Kentish ragstone with Caen stone dressings, with windows that replicate those at Aylesford Priory – have been used as a fast food restaurant in recent years following restoration in the 1980s.
The Lathe of Aylesford, in the western division of the county of Kent, comprised 13 Hundreds, and was bounded on the north by the river Thames, on the west by the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, on the south by the county of Sussex and on the east by the Lathe of Scray. It was the second in extent, and embraced an area of 233,580 statute acres, and had the largest population of any of the five Lathes into which this county is divided.
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Drive through English Towns and Villages in Kent and East Sussex
Exploring Kent and East Sussex while on holiday in Kent. Click on the timings to the 'right' of each village or town in the list below to view the video at that point. Below is a comprehensive list of all the towns and villages we drove through during the week; most within a 10 miles radius of our holiday cottage in the village of Appledore, Kent, England.
In 2014 17% of the UK population were living in rural areas e.g. in small villages like the ones shown in this video.
The list names each village or town, states which County its in, its population (mostly derived from the 2011 Census), and its location on teh video in minutes and seconds (and towards the end, in hours too).
As a general rule (traditionally), one of the criteria in the UK for defining whether a settlement is a village or town is that a village has a church but no market; whereas a town has a 'town market'.
Villages and Towns we drove through during our Holiday in Kent:-
• Hamstreet (village), Kent (population 1,777)
• Kenardington (village), Kent (population 247) @ 1:46
• Appledore (village), Kent (population 749) @ 3:42
• Rye (town), East Sussex (population 4,773) @ 7:06
• East Guldeford (village), East Sussex (population 327) @ 9:56
• Camber (village), East Sussex (population 1,265) @ 10:40
• Lydd (town), Kent (population 6,567) @ 19:17
• New Romney (town), Kent (population 6996) @ 23:16
• Old Romney (village), Kent (population 215) @ 27:09
• Brenzett (village), Kent (population 379) @ 27:48
• Tenterden (town), Kent (population 7,735) @ 29:38
• Winchelsea (town), East Sussex (population 600) @ 35:03
• Winchelsea Beach (seaside village), East Sussex @ 38:07
• Woodchurch (village), Kent (population 1,903) @ 40:25
• Biddenden (village), Kent (population 2,574) @ 41:30
• Sissinghurst (village), Kent (population 1,068) @ 44:42
• Goudhurst (village), Kent (population 3,204) @ 48:24
• Horsmonden (village), Kent (population 1,620) @ 52:11
• Paddock Wood (town), Kent (population 8,253) @ 54:02
• Matfield (village), Kent @ 59:17
• Leybourne (village), Kent (population 3,218) @ 1:01:16
• Rye Harbour Village (village), East Sussex (population 500) @ 1:03:12
• Wittersham (village), Kent (population 1,112) @ 1:07:07
• Iden (village), East Sussex (population 456) @ 1:09:28
• Playden (village), East Sussex (population 340) @ 1:11:42
• Brenchley (village), Kent (population 2,863) @ 1:12:59
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Filmed at London St Pancras low level platforms which are served by Thameslink, we see various Thameslink and ex-First Capital Connect Class 319's, Class 377's and the newer Thameslink Class 387 Electrostars.
Platforms A and B are used on the low level. Platform A for Southbound services to Elephant and Castle, Three Bridges (and Brighton usually), Sutton and other destinations and Platform B for services operating northbound to Kentish Town, St Albans, Luton and Bedford
Due to engineering works in the Harpenden area and with the slow lines blocked, there were less services than usual operating but still a fiar amount of trains running nonetheless.
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