Temple Ewell

Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DOVER
Postcode district	CT16
Dialling code	01304
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Dover;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°09′09″N 1°16′10″E / 51.1526°N 1.2695°E

Temple Ewell is a

Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area. It is situated three miles North West of the town of Dover

.

Situated in the

public house

.

Temple Ewell is served by Kearsney railway station, which is situated between the villages of Temple Ewell, Kearsney and River.

The 2001 census records a population including Kearnsey, of 1,696 for Temple Ewell,^[2] falling to 1,669 at the 2011 census.^[1]

Toponymy

The name Ewell is derived from the

River Dour rises on the village outskirts at a place called Watersend and flows through the village towards Dover. The prefix Temple indicates that at one time the village was owned by the Knights Templar

.

History

The village of Temple Ewell (not to be confused with

William the Conqueror

.

In 1163, the Knights Templar was granted the

Preceptory in the village, and around 1170 built the Norman

church of St.Peter and St.Paul.

In 1213

King John surrendered the crown to the Pope, and it is thought that this may have taken place either at the Preceptory in Temple Ewell, or possibly in Dover.^[3]

Following the Templars' dissolution in 1312, Temple Ewell passed out of their possession in 1314. The village was then given to the

dissolved the monasteries

in 1540.

During the 18th and 19th and on into the 20th century (until the 1960s), Temple Ewell had two of several

Napoleonic wars

.

The railway station at Kearsney was built in 1861, linking Temple Ewell with Dover and London, and leading to an increase in population and prosperity. Temple Ewell C.E. Primary School, a parochial primary school, was established next to the church in 1871, and the Victorian schoolhouse building was completed in 1872. Major renovation work was carried out on the church in the 1870s, and a parish hall was constructed in 1909.

Between 1940 and 1944, Temple Ewell was victim to several stray shells, which were fired at the Dover area across the English Channel from France during the Second World War. One of these destroyed the church's main stained glass window when it landed outside the school.

Nature Reserve

The

National Nature Reserve which borders Temple Ewell on one side, stretching up to the neighbouring village of Lydden

. The reserve consists of an area of chalk downland which is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna.

Newsletter

TENews Is a monthly village newsletter delivered free to every household. [1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ National Statistics. "Temple Ewell CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
^ Dame Stella Bernardi. "Temple Ewell". Templar Sites in England. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

External links

Media related to Temple Ewell at Wikimedia Commons

[ONS-1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[2] National Statistics. "Temple Ewell CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2007.

[3] Dame Stella Bernardi. "Temple Ewell". Templar Sites in England. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2007.

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