Small Hythe

Small Hythe
St John's Church
Small Hythe Location within Kent
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tenterden
Postcode district	TN30
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°02′29″N 0°41′58″E / 51.0414°N 0.6994°E / 51.0414; 0.6994Coordinates: 51°02′29″N 0°41′58″E / 51.0414°N 0.6994°E / 51.0414; 0.6994

Small Hythe is a hamlet near Tenterden in Kent, England. The population is included in Tenterden.

It stood on a branch of the Rother estuary and was a busy shipbuilding port in the 15th century, before the silting up and draining of the Romney Marshes.

Small Hythe's quays and warehouses were destroyed in a fire in 1514 and were never rebuilt.^[1]

History[]

Smallhythe Place

Small Hythe was within the medieval hundred of Tenterden, which does not appear to have existed at the time of the Domesday Book. It is first mentioned in about 1300 and received a charter in 1449 from Henry VI.^[2] Small Hythe itself lay on a branch of the River Rother, which certainly in 1509 made the locality accessible to seagoing craft.^[3]

Notable residents[]

Actress Ellen Terry lived at Smallhythe Place between 1899 and her death in 1928. It is now managed by the National Trust and houses her collection of theatrical memorabilia and a small theatre.^[4]

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External links[]

Media related to Small Hythe at Wikimedia Commons

• "Rye Castle Museum » Surrounding Towns and Villages". www.ryemuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
• "Channel 4 – Time Team". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
• "National Trust on ship building in Small Hythe". www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
• "St John the Baptist in Tenterden - UK Attraction". www.ukattraction.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.

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