Betteshanger
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Betteshanger () is a village and former civil parish. now in the parish of Northbourne, in the Dover district, in east Kent, UK, near Deal. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield. In 1931 the parish had a population of 55. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Northbourne.
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- Before the coal mine
- Mining in Betteshanger
- Village layout
- Betteshanger Park Development
- Betteshanger Sustainable Parks
- Betteshanger Summer School
- References
- External links
Betteshanger () is a village and former civil parish. now in the parish of Northbourne, in the Dover district, in east Kent, UK, near Deal. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield. In 1931 the parish had a population of 55. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Northbourne.
==Before the coal mine== thumb|left|St Mary's Church, Betteshanger|250px Betteshanger parish (with variation 'Betleshangre') has existed at least since Domesday times. It remained a small scattered parish until the advent of the Kent Coalfield. St Mary's Church sits almost alone in woodland in the centre of the parish. At 'Little Betteshanger' a cluster of houses surround Betteshanger Farm and are very close to Northbourne Primary School.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betteshanger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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