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Shown within KentKent , originally Cantia, 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 River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
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KentKent , originally Cantia, 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 River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
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Shown within KentKent , originally Cantia, 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 River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
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KentKent , originally Cantia, 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 River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
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SittingbourneSittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...
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Swale is a local government districtNon-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
in KentKent , originally Cantia, 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 River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
, England. Its council is based in SittingbourneSittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent...
. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The SwaleThe name The Swale refers to the strip of sea separating North Kent from the Isle of Sheppey.- Geography :The Swale was originally part of a river. Before the formation of the English Channel in about 6500 BC, the eastern coast of Great Britain extended much further into the area of the present-day...
, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of SheppeyThe Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some 38 miles to the east of central London. It has an area of 36 square miles . The island forms part of the local government district of Swale...
, and which occupies the central part of the district.
The RomanThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor,...
Watling StreetWatling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Britons mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad...
passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the M2 motorway. Apart from northern coast of the Isle of Sheppey, and the immediate areas around the towns, it is a mainly rural borough.
The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, from the boroughs of FavershamFaversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. The parish of Faversham includes an ancient sea port and market town, some 48 miles east of London, off the London to Dover A2 road, 18 miles east north-east of...
and Queenborough-in-SheppeyQueenborough-in-Sheppey was a municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968, to 1974. It was created a merger of the municipal borough of Queenborough, with the Sheerness urban district and Sheppey Rural District, and occupied the entire Isle of Sheppey....
(which covered all of Sheppey), the Sittingbourne and MiltonSittingbourne and Milton was an urban district in Kent, England, consisting of the settlements of Sittingbourne and Milton Regis. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and made part of the Swale district....
urban districtIn the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.-England and Wales:In England...
and Swale Rural District.
Swale railway stationSwale railway station is in north Kent, England. The station is on the Sheerness Line north of Sittingbourne at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge which connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent. The nearest settlement is Iwade. Train services are provided by Southeastern.- History :It...
is at the southern end of the Kingsferry BridgeThe Kingsferry Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, and built by John Howard, with Dorman Long and Sir William Arrol. It comprises a reinforced concrete and structural steel deck, supported from portal-shaped reinforced concrete towers....
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There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and FavershamFaversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. The parish of Faversham includes an ancient sea port and market town, some 48 miles east of London, off the London to Dover A2 road, 18 miles east north-east of...
on the mainland; SheernessSheerness is a town located beside the mouth of the River Medway on the northwest corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 12,000 it is the largest town on the island....
, QueenboroughQueenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.Queenborough is two miles south of Sheerness. It grew as a port near the Thames Estuary at the westward entrance to The Swale where it joins the River Medway...
on the Isle. In addition local government is carried out by the following parish councils:
- Bapchild
Bapchild, originally Baccanceld, is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about two miles east of Sittingbourne. It lies on the A2, and according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,068.-Synod of Baccanceld:...
- Bobbing
Bobbing is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about a mile north-west of Sittingbourne, and forming part of its urban area. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,694....
- Borden
Borden is a village situated immediately south west of Sittingbourne, Kent, from which it is separated by a small area of rural land. The history of the name is questioned. It may be derived from bor and then either from denu or denn...
- Boughton-under-Blean
- Bredgar
Bredgar is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. The village lies some 4 miles to the southwest of Sittingbourne on the road between Tunstall and Hollingbourne...
- Conyer
Conyer is a village in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. Located at the apex of Conyer Creek, it is home to a marina. It also sits on the routes of both the Saxon Shore Way and National Cycle Route 1....
- Doddington
Doddington is a rural English village, in the south eastern county of Kent, within the borough of Swale. A picturesque village nestling in the Syndale Valley with neighbouring village Newnham and is in the Kent Downs, designated as an 'area of outstanding natural beauty'.Within the parish at...
- Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a village between Faversham and Canterbury in England.The origin of the village's name is still not very clear, but it is understood that the name was a result of a house, lived in by a Frenchman from Dunkerque in France, who named his house 'Dunkirk'.Dunkirk's main claim to fame is that...
- Eastchurch
Eastchurch is a village on the Isle of Sheppey, a mile east of Minster, England. As the village website says "... it has a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers"....
- Eastling
Eastling is a small village 4½ miles to the southwest of Faversham, Kent in England. It is set in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the slope of the North Downs....
- Faversham
Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. The parish of Faversham includes an ancient sea port and market town, some 48 miles east of London, off the London to Dover A2 road, 18 miles east north-east of...
- Goodnestone
Goodnestone is a village in Swale, Kent, England near Faversham.The village was referred to in 1242 as "Godwineston", meaning "the farm or settlement of Godwin". It has an unspoilt Norman church, built about 1100. The church has not been used for regular worship since 1982, but in 1996 it was...
- Graveney
Graveney is a village between Faversham and Whitstable in Kent, England....
- Hartlip
Hartlip is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swale, in the county of Kent, England. The population estimate was 680 in 1991, and in 2001 there were 566 registered voters...
- Hernhill
Hernhill is a village in the Swale district of Kent, England.-Churches:During the Anglo-Saxon Christian period there was a Christian church in Hernhill, built of wood...
- Iwade
Iwade is a small village on the north side of Detling Hill, close to the town of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. With quick access to the M2 & M20 motorways, as well as within a short driving distance to Maidstone, and further Canterbury & Faversham....
- Leysdown
- Lower Halstow
Lower Halstow is a village located in Kent, England. The village is situated on the banks of the Medway Estuary and it has a long and interesting history, with evidence of constant occupation since the iron age. Being so close to the water, Lower Halstow has been a village that has made its...
- Lynsted
Lynsted is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England. The village is situated south of the A2 road, between Faversham and Sittingbourne. Lynsted is a typical old-English village with church , local pub and a duck pond.-External links:*...
- Kemsley
Kemsley today is a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. At the end of the 19th century it was simply a row of cottages beside a brickworks until, in 1924 when Frank Lloyd built the new Paper mill. The site was served by the creek which allowed the transport of raw materials to the site...
- Milstead
Milstead is a village in the borough of Swale in Kent, England....
- Milton Regis
Milton Regis is a village in the district of Swale in Kent, England. It has a population of about 5,100. It is a suburb of Sittingbourne.The area was once heavily involved in the paper manufacturing industry, the local mill ceasing production in January 2007...
- Minster-on-Sea
- Murston
Murston is a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England....
- Newington
Newington is a village in Kent, England on the A2 road between Chatham to the west and Sittingbourne to the east. The local district council is Swale.The village has its own railway station on the Chatham Main Line...
- Newnham
Newnham is a small picturesque village in the Syndale valley in Kent, England, in the administrative borough of Swale near the medieval market town of Faversham.- History :...
- Norton Buckland & Stone
- Oare
Oare is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.It is separated from Faversham by the Oare Creek. To the north of the village are the Oare Marshes, and the Harty Ferry which linked to Harty on the Isle of Sheppey. Kent Wildlife Trust manages a nature reserve that is an important stopping...
- Ospringe
Ospringe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent. Located south of Faversham, Ospringe forms part of Swale District. It lies a few hundred yards south of the Roman Britain road Watling Street and remains of substantial Roman buildings have been found to its north-west; the...
- Rodmersham
- Rushenden
Rushenden is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England....
- Selling
Selling is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.-Primary School:In Selling is a small primary school, Selling C of E Primary School for years 1-6 Selling is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.-Primary School:In Selling is a small primary school, Selling C of E Primary...
- Sheldwich, Badlesmere and Leaveland
- Stalisfield
- Teynham
Teynham is a large village, and civil parish in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. The parish spans the A2 some three miles west of Faversham, and extends north to include the hamlet of Conyer, on an inlet of the Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey...
- Throwley
Throwley is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England.Throwley lies on top of the kent North Downs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
- Tonge
Tonge is a village near Sittingbourne in Kent, England.Local history has it that a man wished to wed the daughter of a local chief and as a wedding gift, the chief, not approving the marriage, granted the man as much land as could be held in a bulls hide. The man, being crafty, cut the hide into...
- Tunstall
Tunstall is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Situated to the south of Sittingbourne, Tunstall is a small linear village. Notable sights include St John the Baptist Church, the associated Church of England primary school and large village manor house, and a former police house...
- Warden
Warden is a small holiday village located on the northeast coast of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, United Kingdom. The largest residential part of Warden is generally called Warden Bay. Where the beach becomes inaccessible and the cliffs become prominent, the area is generally referred to as Warden...
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