- Little Chart
infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption=Little Chart church
official_name= Little Chart
latitude= 51.1791
longitude= 0.7809
civil_parish= Little Chart
population = 239 [ [http://www.ashford.gov.uk/about_the_borough/towns_and_villages/little_chart.aspx Ashford Borough Council] Census 2001]
shire_district= Ashford
shire_county=Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Ashford
post_town= TONBRIDGE
postcode_district = TN27
postcode_area= TN
dial_code= 01233
os_grid_reference= TQ943459Little Chart is a
civil parish [ [http://www.littlechartpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/ Little Chart Parish Council] ] and smallvillage to the north-east of Ashford inKent ,South East England . The parish has an area of convert|1485|acre|km2, and a population of 239. Within the parish boundaries are two hamlets: "Little Chart Forstal" (the term "forstal" means the land in front of a farm and farmyard; cpPainters Forstal [ [http://www.faversham.org/pages/standard.aspx?i_PageID=1181 Painters Forstal] ] ); and "Rooting Street".The main property in the district, Surrenden Park [ [http://www.littlechartpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/default.cfm?pid=853 The Surrenden Estate] ] , to the south of the village, was owned by the Dering family for over 400 years; the family estate covered much of this part of Kent. Part of their property was "Calehill Park" [ [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/192673 Calehill Park] ] , to the north. Neither property now exists: Surrenden succumbed to fire in 1952; Calehill was demolished in 1951.
The original village church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and the Holy Rood, was wrecked in 1944 by a
V-1 flying bomb duringWorld War II . [ [http://kent.lovesguide.com/little_chart_old.htm Little Chart old church] ] ; it stood on a site further upstream from the village, near "Chart Court". The new church is now within the village [ [http://kent.lovesguide.com/little_chart.htm Little Chart new church] ] .The Ford Paper Mill, named after the one-time ford over the Great Stour, has a long history, and is still in operation dealing in salvaged paper. [ [http://www.littlechartpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/default.cfm?pid=854 Ford Paper Mill history] ]
The
Stour Valley Walk , which follows the Great Stour river, and theGreensand Way , from north to south, are both routed through the village. The villagepublic house is the "Swan Inn".References
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