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Plaxtol
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Plaxtol is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village is located around north of Tonbridge and the same distance east of Sevenoaks. In the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,117.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 606
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
- UK place.official_name
- Plaxtol
- UK place.population
- 1,117
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Plaxtol Church, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 321994.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Plaxtol Parish Church
- UK place.civil_parish
- Plaxtol
- UK place.shire_district
- Tonbridge and Malling
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tonbridge
- UK place.post_town
- SEVENOAKS
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN15
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01732
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ603535
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Population
- 1117
- Shares border with
- Ightham
- Image
- Plaxtol Church, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 321994.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01732
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- OS grid reference
- TQ603535
- Commons category
- Plaxtol
- P8168
- Tri Martolod
- P12749
- Wolfgang Rihm
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Plaxtol is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The village is located around north of Tonbridge and the same distance east of Sevenoaks. In the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,117.
The name Plaxtol is believed to be derived from Old English words meaning "play area"; there used to be a large green in the middle of the village where children would play after attending church on a Sunday.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plaxtol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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