Eastry
Sign in to saveEastry is a village and civil parish in the Dover district, in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The parish includes the hamlets of Heronden and Selson. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2492.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dover
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,492
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary the Virgin Eastry 2.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry
- UK place.official_name
- Eastry
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 2492
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Eastry
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Dover
- Population
- +2492
- Image
- Eastry mill.jpg
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- P8168
- Le Bourg-d'Hem
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Historical legends
- Parish church
- Governance
- East Kent Light Railway
- Mills
- Notable people
- Listed buildings
- References
- External links
Eastry is a village and civil parish in the Dover district, in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The parish includes the hamlets of Heronden and Selson. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2492.
The name is derived from the Old English Ēast-rige, meaning "eastern province" (cf. Sūþ-rige "southern province"), also recorded as Ēastregē, from ēasterra gē (lit. "more easterly area").