Sarre, Kent

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= Sarre
latitude= 51.3348
longitude= 1.2358
static_

static_image_caption=Sarre Windmill
population = 360 [ [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/03/03/05/356-370b.htm#M Population of Kent Parishes 1801 to 1921 V.C.H. Vol. 3 Parishes A to Z ] ]
shire_district= Thanet
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= North Thanet
post_town= Birchington
postcode_district = CT7
postcode_area= CT
dial_code= 01843
os_grid_reference= TR255645

Sarre is a village in Thanet, Kent, UK. The village is a part of St. Nicholas-at-Wade civil parish, after having lost the local church of St. Giles in Elizabethan times, and the eccelesiastical parishes subsequently twinned. [A Parish History of St. Nicholas-at-Wade and Sarre, 1990] In its own right Sarre is an "Ancient Parish". [ [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Isle-of-Thanet/2002-02/1013548873 RootsWeb: Isle-of-Thanet-L Re: [IoT St.Peter's Thanet ] ] [ [http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/DEFINITIONSANDGUIDES.html Worcester Branch, Birmingham and Midlands Society for ] ]

Sarre is located at the point where the old 'Island Road' from Margate to Canterbury crossed the Wantsum Channel initially by a ferry and from the late Middle Ages by a bridge. The route of this bridge is followed by a short section of the modern A28 and is still marked on some maps as Sarre Wall.

The village has two public houses, The Kings Head and The Crown Inn – this being known locally as the 'Cherry Brandy House'. A special recipe of Cherry Brandy can be purchased from behind the bar.

The village has a pretty working windmill which still produces stone-ground flour from local wheat crops. The shop has a small cafe providing afternoon teas and souvenirs for sale.

Nearest Stations: Birchington and Sturry from which regular buses operating on the Margate/Ramsgate to Canterbury route can be obtained.

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