Chevening, Kent

Chevening
Chevening
Chevening Chevening shown within Kent
Population	2,762 (2001)
OS grid reference	TQ4857
Civil parish	Chevening
District	Sevenoaks
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SEVENOAKS
Postcode district	TN14
Dialling code	01732
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Sevenoaks
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Coordinates: 51°17′34″N 0°08′23″E / 51.292760°N 0.139700°E / 51.292760; 0.139700

Chevening is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located to the north west of Sevenoaks on the southern slopes of the North Downs. The parish is a small one, being 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in length and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. It has a population of 2,762.^[1] Apart from the village the remaining area is rural. Chevening House is located here. The Pilgrims' Way crosses the parish. Close to Chevening, the path of Harold Godwinson's army en route to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, heading south along what is now Chipstead Lane, crosses William the Conqueror's route after the battle towards London along the Pilgrim's Way.

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. Its parish church is dedicated to St Botolph.

Cricket

Chevening was the venue for the world's oldest known organised cricket match, which has been deduced from a 1640 court case recording a "cricketing" of "Weald and Upland" versus "Chalkhill" at Chevening "about thirty years since" (i.e., c. 1610). The case concerned the land on which the game was played.^[2]

Railway

Chevening was served by a halt on the Westerham Valley Branch Line running between Westerham and Dunton Green: the branch opened in 1881 but the halt at Chevening was not added until 1906 when steam railmotor services began on the line. Both line and halt closed in 1961.

References

↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Sevenoaks Retrieved 18 May 2010
↑ Underdown, p. 4.

Bibliography

Underdown, David (2000). Start of Play. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9330-8.

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Towns and villages in the Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

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