Tunstall, Kent

Coordinates: 51°20′N 0°43′E / 51.33°N 0.72°E / 51.33; 0.72
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Tunstall
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSittingbourne
Postcode districtME9, ME10
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51°20′N 0°43′E / 51.33°N 0.72°E / 51.33; 0.72

Tunstall is a linear village and civil parish in Swale in Kent, England. It is about 2 km to the south-west of the centre of Sittingbourne, on a road towards Bredgar.

History

In 1798,

Domesday survey, mistakenly as Stealle.[2]

At that time the parish covered around nine hundred acres of land (about 364 ha), of which about one hundred and forty were woodland.[2]

In 1042, the manor was held by Osward (a

Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn. He sold this manor to John Drue, rector of Harpley, and John Seymour, citizen of London, who later sold it to Sir William Cromer (who was Lord Mayor in 1413 and 1423). His son William Cromer (who was High Sheriff of Kent in 1444). His son Sir James Cromer was also a High Sheriff. When he died in 1613, it passed to Christian, his youngest daughter, who carried it in marriage to John Hales (the eldest son of Sir Edward Hales, knight and 2nd baronet, of Tenterden). Then his grandfather Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet inherited the manor and it passed through various members of his family.[2]

Also within the parish is Ufton, which was the family home of Sir Robert de Shurland (who also held Shurland Hall on the

siege of Caerlaverock, where he was knighted, and in 1300, he then obtained a charter of free warren for his manor of Ufton.[2]

Another estate in the parish is Gore Court. This passed through many generations of the Gore family.[2]

Another small manor is Pitstock, which changed its name to 'Woodstock'.[a] Thomas Cheney (Treasurer of the Household) was an owner in 1572.[2]

The church of St John Baptist is in the

Grade I listed.[3]

Modern day

Notable sights include Tunstall Church of England primary school and a large village manor house, and a former police house which is now a private residence. Unusually for an English village, there are no shops or pubs within the village boundaries; these have been prohibited since the Middle Ages.[citation needed] The only amenity is a telephone box.

The Kent Science Park is in the parish, on a former Shell Research site.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Hasted explains the change thus: "PITSTOCK, usually called Pistock, is a small manor, situated in the south east part of this parish[Tunstall], adjoining to Rodmersham, which name has been for some years changed to that of Woodstock, by the present owner of it, as being of a more genteel sound."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 80–98. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Church of St John the Baptist, Tunstall". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. ^ Royal Society of Chemistry https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2016/apr/cornforth-plaque/

External links

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