Tilmanstone

Tilmanstone

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=Plough & Harrow public house, Tilmanstone
official_name= Tilmanstone
latitude= 51.215
longitude= 1.295
population =
shire_district= Dover
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
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os_grid_reference= TR3051

Tilmanstone is a small village in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone has no schools, few shops and a church and town hall. The poplulation of Tilmanstone often work for the nearby companies, such as Pfizer or Tilmanstone Salads, or in the Dover area. Tilmanstone has historically been famous for its colliery which operated from 1906–1986 as one of the four main pits of the Kent coalfield. [ [http://www.dover.gov.uk/kentcoal/exhibition/tilmanstone.asp Tilmanstone Colliery] , Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]

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