Hersden

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Hersden
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Village entrance
Hersden is located in Kent
Hersden
Hersden
Location within Kent
Population1,503 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTR204620
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCANTERBURY
Postcode districtCT3
Dialling code01227
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°18′51″N 1°09′49″E / 51.3142°N 1.1637°E / 51.3142; 1.1637Coordinates: 51°18′51″N 1°09′49″E / 51.3142°N 1.1637°E / 51.3142; 1.1637

Hersden is a village and civil parish east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It is established as a planned coalmining village dating from the 1920s, on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment for the male residents of the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s.

The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of Sturry, Chislet and Westbere.[2]

History[]

A 5th-6th century cemetery of Frisians and Jutes was discovered nearby in 1931.[3]

Exploratory works for a Channel Tunnel at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover led to the identification of the Kent Coalfield in 1890. Its northern extension came after coal was discovered at Chislet in 1918.[4] Initially the miners lived in Ramsgate but in 1924 the Chislet Colliery Housing Society was formed to build a mining village of 300 houses, which became Hersden.[4] The mine closed in 1969[4] but the Chislet Colliery Welfare Club remains.

Amenities[]

Now, there is a Chinese restaurant, the village hall which houses a social club, the former Anglican and Methodist church which is now a community centre, and St Dunstan Roman Catholic church which opened in 1935. Sports facilities include the bowls club and a BMX track.

References[]

  1. ^ National Statistics Census 2011
  2. ^ "The Canterbury City Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ Jessup, R. F. (April 1946). "An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Westbere, Kent". The Antiquaries Journal. 26 (1–2): 11–21. doi:10.1017/S0003581500018497.
  4. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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