Paddlesworth

Paddlesworth
Paddlesworth
	; Village sign
	Paddlesworth Location within Kent
Population	38 (parish, 2001 Census)
District	Folkestone and Hythe;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Folkestone
Postcode district	CT18
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Folkestone and Hythe;

Paddlesworth is a village located about 3 miles (4.8 km) NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge. It is in the town of Hawkinge.

Paddlesworth was a sighting-point for the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) linking the Royal Greenwich Observatory with the Paris Observatory, undertaken by General William Roy. A chain of readings was made from high points between the two observatories, including locally from Dover Castle, St Peter's Church, Swingfield, and Aldington Knoll.

The Early Norman Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Oswald.[1] It was built in the 11th century or earlier but underwent alteration in the 13th and restoration in the 19th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[2]

It is said of Paddlesworth that it has the "Highest Church, Lowest Steeple, Poorest Parish, Fewest People". These words can be seen carved in a circle round the edge of the village sign, as seen in the above photograph.

The public house is 'The Cat and Custard Pot'.[3]

From September to December 2010 a group of writers and artists created the Paddlesworth Press, a "mixed-media, collaborative online novel" based on Paddlesworth with fictional characters and events in a spoof newspaper.[4]

References

"St. Oswald's Paddlesworth". Hawkinge. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
"Church of St. Oswald". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
Pub Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
Kingsley, Patrick (27 September 2010). "The Paddlesworth Press: the spoof newspaper that's nearly real". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2010.

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[1] "St. Oswald's Paddlesworth". Hawkinge. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.

[2] "Church of St. Oswald". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2010.

[3] Pub Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Kingsley, Patrick (27 September 2010). "The Paddlesworth Press: the spoof newspaper that's nearly real". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2010.