- Goodnestone, Dover
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Goodnestone
static_
static_image_caption=Goodnestone Church
latitude= 51.2450
longitude= 1.2295
population =
shire_district= Dover
shire_county =Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Dover
post_town=Canterbury |postcode_district = CT3postcode_area= CT |dial_code=
os_grid_reference= TR255545Goodnestone is a
village in the district ofDover ,Kent ,England .Goodnestone Park near Sandwich
Goodnestone Park is a stately home near the Canterbury–Sandwich village. It was built in 1704 by
Brook Bridges . Bridges' daughter, Elizabeth, marriedJane Austen 's brother, and Austen visited them on the estate regularly. [ [http://www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk/index.html Goodnestone Park Gardens] ] Its gardens are open to the public from late March to early October, and on Sundays from mid-February.The ghost story writer
M. R. James was born in Goodnestone Parsonage in 1862. His father, Herbert James, was curate at Goodnestone church.References
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