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Brook, Kent

Field	Value
official_name	Brook
static_image_name	St Mary Brook 1.jpg
static_image_width	220px
static_image_caption	St Mary's Church, Brook
country	England
coordinates
population	310
area_total_km2	4.01
population_ref	(Civil Parish 2011)
shire_district	Ashford
region	South East England
shire_county	Kent
constituency_westminster	Ashford
post_town	ASHFORD
postcode_district	TN25
postcode_area	TN
dial_code	01233

Brook is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England, centred 4.5 mi east-northeast of the town of Ashford.

Geography

Brook is in a gently rolling valley top immediately south of the North Downs. The brook referred to rises here and flows east to join the combined East and West Stour, that is, the River Great Stour. The south-east fifth of the parish is woodland. The human population of this area rose by 3 during the 10 years to the United Kingdom Census 2011.

Brook Rural Museum

The Brook Rural Museum conserves and exhibits the agricultural and rural history of East Kent. Its collections date from the 18th century and tell the story of farming and rural life in the Garden of England from the age of the horse through to the Industrial Revolution and beyond. It is housed in a magnificent 14th-century grange barn and a 19th-century oast house and managed by the Wye Rural Museum Trust.

History

The 11th century Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to St Mary. There is also a Baptist chapel. The church of St. Mary, erected about 1075, is of stone, in the Early Norman style, and has a tower containing 3 bells: the tower was struck by lightning in 1896, and the northwest corner destroyed, but was restored in 1899: there are 160 sittings. John Betjeman described the church as "unaltered early Norman church ... a massive church which carries its longevity more convincingly than many older and tidier churches".

References

[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] ''[[Office for National Statistics]]'' Retrieved 10 May 2014
https://brookruralmuseum.org.uk/
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Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) ''Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South''. London: Collins; p. 247

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