Chevening, Kent
Chevening | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | SEVENOAKS | |
Postcode district | TN14 | |
Dialling code | 01732 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Chevening ( match.
The parish is located to the north west of
The village of Chevening is also small. It stands on the upper reaches of the River Darent. The village lies very close to the M25 motorway.
Parish Church
The parish church is dedicated to St Botolph. It is within the diocese of Rochester, and the deanery of Shoreham. The church has an alabaster tomb to the lord of the manor, Sampson Lennard, and his wife Margaret, Lady Dacre. The church office, parish hall and rectory are located 1.3 miles distant from the parish church, on the outskirts of the village of Chipstead.
The Stanhope Chapel in the parish church of St Botolph is the traditional burial place of the Earls Stanhope.
The church is linked with Chevening (St Botolph's) Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, which is located 1 mile from the church, also in the village of Chipstead.
Cricket
Chevening was the venue for the world's earliest known organised cricket match. The match can be deduced from a 1640 court case recording a "cricketing" of "Weald and Upland" against "Chalkhill" at Chevening "about thirty years since" (i.e. around 1611). The case concerned the land on which the game was played.[2]
Railway
Chevening was served by a halt on the
References
- ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ISBN 0-7139-9330-8.