Singlewell or Ifield

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Singlewell
latitude= 51.412
longitude= 0.3754
population = 7,100 (2005) [cite web | title = 2005 Ward Level Population Estimates | publisher = Kent County Council | url = http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E503169D-C06B-498F-BD0A-678EE22B4D37/6841/sae108.pdf |date=September 2006| accessdate = 2007-08-20 ]
shire_district= Gravesham
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
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Singlewell or Ifield is the name given to the area south of Gravesend in Kent, England. Originally two separate parishes on either side of Watling Street, it is now separated by the A2 road and bears little resemblance to its past. The two parishes became one; although until 1935 the municipal boundary of Gravesend excluded some of the combined parish (the remainder being in Northfleet Urban District). Singlewell Road leads from the town southwards to the A2.

The name "Singlewell", originally "Shinglewell" - and not therefore referring to it having the only well in the district -and its eponymous ancient well with ancient origins has now come to mean the area now part of the built-up area of Gravesend. The well was filled in during WWI. The original Watling Street is now "Hever Court Road" and the nearby estate named after it was built in 1957. Hever Court itself was the original home of the medieval family who moved to Hever, Kent in 1331. Hever Court eventually became derelict and was demolished in 1952.

The "George Inn" is also located in Hever Court Road: it was a favourite establishment of Gravesend residents in the 19th century, it being within walking distance from the town; not too different from today, although there is also a Best Western hotel (the Manor); and the Gravesend South Premier Inn, both serving traffic on the the A2 road.

Ifield, once a large rural parish, is now a few houses south of the main road, and the tiny church of St Margaret, with Norman architecture included in its walls ["A History of Gravesend", James Benson, revised by Robert H. Hiscock,1976, Phillimore & Co Ltd ISBN 0 85033 242 7 This book has been referred to throughout the article] .

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