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Iwade

Village in Kent, England

Field	Value
official_name	Iwade
country	England
static_image_name	File:The Woolpack,_Iwade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_669561.jpg
static_image_width	240
static_image_caption	The Woolpack Inn, Iwade
static_image_alt	Image of Woolpack Inn, Iwade
population	3,087
population_ref	(2011 Census)
map_alt	Map showing the location of Iwade in Kent, England
coordinates
post_town	SITTINGBOURNE
postcode_area	ME
postcode_district	ME9
dial_code	01795
shire_district	Swale
shire_county	Kent
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
hide_services	Yes

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Iwade is a village and civil parish 2 mi north of the town of Sittingbourne in the English county of Kent.

History

Iwade was established in the late Medieval period, when it was a settlement linking Watling Street to the coast via Key Street (a street towards a Quay). A moated dwelling is believed to have existed here during the 13th to 15th centuries. According to Edward Hasted, in 1798 the manor of Warde (Iwade) was within the hundred of Teynham. It had sixteen houses, and about 60 or 70 inhabitants.

The village lies on the former route of the A249 road, a major road from Maidstone to the Isle of Sheppey. A bypass was constructed in 1992, and improved again in 2006 during construction of the Sheppey Crossing. Iwade is the nearest settlement to Swale railway station.

In 2014, a prehistoric henge was discovered during the development of new homes. It is believed to date from around 6000BC and is 30 m in diameter.

Facilities

Iwade has a village hall and a public house (The Woolpack). The village church is dedicated to All Saints and was established around the 13th century. It was restored in 1874, with a south porch being added in 1893. The church has been a Grade I listed building since 1967. It is within the diocese of Canterbury, and deanery of Sittingbourne.

The Sittingbourne Speedway track is close to Iwade. It offers speedway training facilities for riders, and has been the base of the speedway team Sittingbourne Crusaders who raced in the Conference League. To the north of the village is a Grade II listed Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite used in World War II. It is one of only nine such sites in the country still existing in its original state, and one of two in Kent.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"The 40 Kent town names we have all been pronouncing wrong". Kent Live.
(2010). "Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540". Boydell & Brewer.
Hasted, Edward. (1799). "Parishes". Institute of Historical Research.
"The A249 Iwade Bypass Order 1992".
"The A249 Trunk Road (Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvement) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 2006".
"Swale". Kent Community Rail Partnership.
Gray, Andy. (27 August 2014). "Neolithic henge unearthed in Iwade on site of new housing estate off Sheppey Way by SWAT Archaeology". Kent Online.
"The Woolpack".
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(21 May 2016). "Romford bombers back on track". Romford Recorder.
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