Sevenoaks Weald

Sevenoaks Weald is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the Low Weald, immediately south of Sevenoaks town, with the village of Sevenoaks Weald at its centre. It was formed in 1894 from part of the ancient parish of Sevenoaks.

Sevenoaks Weald

The Windmill public house in central Weald
Sevenoaks Weald
Location within Kent
Population1,474 [1]
1,222 (2011 Census)[2]
Civil parish
  • Sevenoaks Weald
District
  • Sevenoaks
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSEVENOAKS
Postcode districtTN14
Dialling code01732
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

The village was originally named simply Weald.

The parish church is dedicated to St George. It was built in 1821 and was provided as a chapel of ease so that parishioners did not have the long climb to St. Nicholas, the parish church of Sevenoaks. Land and funds were given for the chapel and churchyards by the Lambarde family. Architect Thomas Graham Jackson added a chancel in 1871; the funds were provided by the Hodgson family.[3][4] Weald Methodist Church on the village green opened in 1843;[5] and also in the village is a former Brethren Gospel Hall dating from 1875[5] and the former St Edward the Confessor's Roman Catholic Church.

St George's Church

Long Barn is a property with a historic garden, begun in 1915 by Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and further developed by Edwin Lutyens in 1925.[6] The nearest train station is Sevenoaks.

Nearest Settlements

See also
  • List of places of worship in Sevenoaks (district)

References

Notes
  1. 2001 census
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1243722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. Newman 1969, pp. 497–498.
  5. Homan 1984, p. 87.
  6. Parks and Gardens Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography
  • Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Newman, John (1969). West Kent and the Weald. Buildings of England (1st ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-300-09614-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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