Southfleet

Southfleet is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Betsham and Westwood.

Southfleet
Southfleet
Location within Kent
Population918 2011 Census
OS grid referenceTQ615715
Civil parish
  • Southfleet
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGravesend
Postcode districtDA13
Dialling code01474
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

Southfleet takes its name from the River Fleet, a minor tributary of the River Thames. The water that supplied the river came from a place called Springhead, where there were watercress and oyster beds; the river then flowed through Southfleet, Ebbsfleet and Northfleet.

The Ship Inn in the centre of Southfleet

The village is grouped around a crossroads and many of its buildings, including the Ship Inn, are extremely old. The parish church of St Nicholas has 14th-century origins, although pre-Roman Christian remains have been found in the area.

Church of St Nicholas

Governance

Southfleet fell within the Hundred of Axstane.[1] The Local Government Act 1972 made the parish part of the borough of Dartford of Kent in 1974. The settlement of New Barn in the south of the parish was transferred to Longfield and New Barn parish in 1987.[2]

Transport

Southfleet had a railway station on the Gravesend West Line, which operated from 1886 to 1953. The section of the trackbed south of the A2 road of that closed line was used by Eurostar services to London Waterloo.

References
  1. "N.W.Kent Parishes: Southfleet". www.nwkfhs.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. "The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987". www.opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2010.



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