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Eythorne
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Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington. Although not classed as one of the former pit villages of Kent, it was only about a mile from Tilmanstone – which closed in 1986. Today many of its residents commute to work in Dover, Deal and Canterbury.
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- Locality
- Dover
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,520
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Church of St Peter & St Paul, Eythorne.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Peter & St Paul, Eythorne
- UK place.official_name
- Eythorne
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 2,594
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Dover
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dover
- UK place.post_town
- Dover
- UK place.postcode_district
- CT15
- UK place.postcode_area
- CT
- UK place.dial_code
- 01304
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2594
- Dialing code
- 01304
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- Commons category
- Eythorne
- P8168
- Zimmerbach (Salza)
- P12749
- Heinz Hilpert
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Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington. Although not classed as one of the former pit villages of Kent, it was only about a mile from Tilmanstone – which closed in 1986. Today many of its residents commute to work in Dover, Deal and Canterbury.
Eythorne Baptist Church is more than 450 years old and one of the first Baptist churches in the United Kingdom. Esther Copley, wife of William Copley, who was a minister in Eythorne from about 1839 to 1843, was a prolific and successful writer of children's books and books on the domestic economy. She died in the village in 1851.
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