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Shorne

Village in Kent, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Shorne
population	2,487
population_ref	(2011 census including Thong)
static_image_name	Crown Lane Shorne - geograph.org.uk - 145599.jpg
static_image_caption	The old post office and the top of Crown Lane
shire_district	Gravesham
shire_county	Kent
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Gravesham
post_town	Gravesend
postcode_district	DA12
postcode_area	DA
dial_code	01474
os_grid_reference	TQ692710

Shorne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies 3 miles east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the Thames Estuary and are an SSSI amid the North Kent Marshes on the Hoo Peninsula proper.

History

Shorne Barrow (or tumulus) and Randalls Wood Barrow are indications of Stone Age occupation.

Randall Manor was a 14th-century manor, the remains of which are in Shorne Woods Country Park.

Demographics

According to the census results for 2001 there were 2,485 people in 1,028 households in the Parish of Shorne. Of those residents between the ages of 16 and 74, 60% had a higher qualification (at level 2 to 5) and 86% of the dwellings were owner occupied. The population of Shorne Parish at the 2011 census was 2487 residents in 1033 households.[2]

Transport

In April 2017, it was announced that the government choice for the Lower Thames Crossing was for a tunnel under the Thames between East Tilbury and Shorne.

Places of interest

Much of upper Shorne is a conservation area with thirteen listed buildings and many others of interest. These include:

Pipes Place is in Forge Lane almost opposite Little St, Katherines. A local magistrate, Richard Parker lived on the site in 1642. Jarvis Maplesden the grandson of a local tanner purchased the house early in the 18th century along with twenty acres of land, which included St. Katharine's Chapel. Several generations of the Maplesden family lived in the house and there are gravestones bearing the Maplesden name still in the churchyard. The Maplesden family is responsible for its present build and design in the Georgian style. In about 1870, George Arnold, Mayor of Gravesend, bought and restored the ruined chapel.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011".
Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "World-wide Ancient Site Database, Photos and Prehistoric Archaeology News with geolocation : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map".
"Randall Manor - Discover Gravesham".
(2008). "Randall Manor, The Old House in the Woods".
[[The Office for National Statistics]]
[[BBC News]] online, 12.4.17
Shorne Conservation Area Statement 1999 – Gravesham Borough Council

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