Aylesford
| Aylesford | ||||
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 Medieval bridge over the Medway at Aylesford |
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| Basic data | ||||
| status | Village and Civil Parish | |||
| surface | 17.6 km² | |||
| population | 10,660 (as of 2011) | |||
| Ceremony county | Kent | |||
| District | Tonbridge and Malling | |||
| Constituency | Chatham and Aylesford | |||
| Website: www.aylesfordparishcouncil.org.uk | ||||
Aylesford is a village and a parish ( Civil Parish ) with 10,660 inhabitants (2011) in the southeastern English county of Kent . It is on the right bank of the Medway , about 6 kilometers northwest of Maidstone .
history
In 1242 the returning crusader Ralph Frisburn founded the first Carmelite monastery outside the Holy Land in Aylesford under the auspices of Richard de Gray . -Here the hermit Simon Stock was elected Prior General of the Order in 1245 .
From 1890 on, the archaeologist Sir Arthur J. Evans dug an Iron Age burial ground from the 1st century BC in Aylesford . Chr. From. A type of vessel, the Aylesford pan , was named after the eponymous site .
Attractions
The center of the village is the late Gothic Peter and Paul Church. The church, restored in 1878, has a clear Norman influence and houses the tomb of the courtly Culpeper family .
| 2001 UK Census | Aylesford | Tonbridge and Malling | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| population | 4,548 | 107,561 | 49.138.831 |
| Foreigners | 3.8% | 4.6% | 9.2% |
| White | 98.2% | 98.3% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 0.9% | 0.7% | 4.6% |
| black | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.3% |
| Christians | 77.4% | 76.1% | 71.7% |
| Muslims | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3.1% |
| Hindu | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| No religion | 12.8% | 15% | 14.6% |
| Unemployed | 1.9% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| pensioner | 15.3% | 14.2% | 13.5% |
Royal British Legion Village
Located to the south of Aylesford, the village was established after World War I to help injured soldiers after their discharge from nearby Preston Hall Hospital. It became the center of a small community called The Preston Hall Colony . It was one of the first projects of the British Legion, founded in 1921 .
Since then, a thriving community has developed with nursing homes, assisted living and independent living units, as well as various social activities for the veterans.
In 1972 the headquarters of the Poppy Appeal moved to the village and is now one of the main centers of the Legion.
Web links
- Aylesford Carmelite Monastery website
- Aylesford . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- Aylesford Parish on kent-opc.org
Individual evidence
- ^ History of The Royal British Legion Village and Branch . Royal British Legion. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ' N , 0 ° 28' E