Molash

Coordinates: 51°13′36″N 0°54′04″E / 51.2266°N 0.9012°E / 51.2266; 0.9012
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Molash
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCanterbury
Postcode districtCT4
Dialling code01233
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°13′36″N 0°54′04″E / 51.2266°N 0.9012°E / 51.2266; 0.9012

Molash is a

A252 road between Canterbury, Ashford and Faversham
. Each of these is centred 7 miles (11 km) away.

Geography

Molash is a

ridge
of the North Downs.

Amenities

In the village, St. Peter's Church, built in the 13th century, with a Norman font and mostly 14th-century stained glass windows, was probably built on the site of an earlier church. The Yew trees in the churchyard are 2,000 years old.[2]

Transport

The village is centred on the North Downs - on the

A252 road between Canterbury, Ashford and Faversham (which is on the coast), each 8 miles (13 km) away.[3]

In popular culture

Author Russell Hoban repurposes Molash as "Moal Arse" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker.[4]

References

  1. United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics
    Retrieved 10 May 2014
  2. ^ Ashford Borough Council
  3. ^ Kent County Council
  4. ^ "Places - Riddley Walker Annotations". Errorbar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

External links

Media related to Molash at Wikimedia Commons


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