Sevington
Sevington | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Ashford | |
Postcode district | TN24 | |
Dialling code | 01233 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Sevington is a village in the civil parish of Sevington with Finberry, in the Ashford district, in Kent, England.
History
The geographically small village of Sevington is first recorded in the
In 1872, the village had a population of about 113.[3]
St Mary's Church is the village's
Geography and economy
Much of Sevington's small tract of land is covered by Ashford business park areas which are connected with Ashford by post town status and by its road network, linking them closely with Ashford.
At the start of the 21st century many changes took place in Sevington due to the building of the Orbital Business Park including the Ashford
The village/suburb of Willesborough bounds Sevington (along its long north-west border), while the new Finberry neighbourhood is to the south in Mersham but with its own amenities. High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link which adjoins the ordinary railway, passes through the parish.
Customs clearance facility
In 2019, a 11-hectare (27-acre) tract of former farmland at Sevington was put up for sale for property development. Located close to Junction 10A of the
As at mid-December 2020, it is forecast to be finished by late February 2021. Although originally intended to be finished by 1 January 2021, heavy rain delayed construction; as a result, the site will temporarily only be used as a holding area, with customs checks being performed in Waterbrook Park nearby.[11]
As of January 2023, the facility is complete but not in any significant use. The Government has repeatedly postponed introduction of import controls, with (at the time) no firm plans to begin such.[12] In July 2023, the Government announced that application of controls on all goods arriving from the EU that are subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls, would begin in autumn 2023.[13]
References
- United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 10 May 2014
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.413.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, John Marius Wilson (1872).
- ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Sevington (1233902)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ KentParishes.gov.uk
- ^ "Up to 1.2m SQ FT Development opportunity | Mojo Kent". Mojo. Aviva Investors. July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Lisa O'Carroll (10 July 2020). "Vast Brexit customs clearance centre to be built in Kent". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Lisa O'Carroll (16 July 2020). "Kent customs facility will also be used as lorry park, minister confirms". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Near U.K.'s Busiest Port, Brexit Hopes Are Layered in Asphalt". New York Times. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "The 13th-century church set to be surrounded by a 27-acre Brexit lorry park". Metro. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Brexit lorry park won't be complete until February". 14 December 2020.
- ^ Helm, Toby (21 January 2023). "'It's a farce': the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets". The Observer.
- ^ Partridge, Joanna (14 July 2023). "Brexit import controls: is the UK ready and will they push up prices?". The Guardian.
the government's proposals for its new post-Brexit border strategy beginning this autumn will require all goods arriving from the EU that are subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls – including fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and plant – to pass through ports or government-operated facilities such as its new inland border control post at Sevington in Kent.
External links
Media related to Sevington at Wikimedia Commons