The
Civil Parish of Chartham, Kent is situated
3 miles from Canterbury and 11 miles
from Ashford, within the District of
Canterbury City Council. The population
at the 2001 census was 4941.
Chartham
is a large Parish covering 25 square
kilometres. Only about 5 square kilometres
are built up, the remainder being farmland
and woodland, much of which adjoins
the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty.
The
parish consists of five separate settlements:
THE ‘VILLAGE’ area
developed near the river. It is centred
around the 13th century church of St.
Mary, The Green and Rattington Street,
spreading out to Parish Road and Bolts
Hill.
SHALMSFORD
STREET on
the western edge of the parish comprises
two sections. The lower end,
from the River Stour to Bolts Hill,
is the older, original settlement.
The upper section and the roads off
are mainly comprised of post World
War II developments.
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MYSTOLE,
near
the boundary with Chilham, developed
around the original 16th century grand
mansion with its farms and parkland.
CHARTHAM
HATCH -
a hilltop settlement approximately
one mile to the north of the centre
of Chartham and separated from it by
the busy A28 Ashford Road.
ST
AUGUSTINE’S – the newest
and largest development, consisting
of 500 homes, built on the site of
the former St. Augustine’s Hospital.
Houses
are of mixed age and style - early
manor houses, Tudor, Victorian, pre-war
and post-war semi-detached, bungalows,
and modern executive. Many of the older
buildings are classified as “Listed”.
Over
the years three housing estates have
developed:- at the top of Shalmsford
Street, Rentain Road and The Hyde,
at Bolts Hill.
The
new development at St Augustine’s,
Chartham Downs, now almost
finished numbers around 500
dwellings and
offers a mixture of new build houses
and flats.
Shalmsford
Court, Shalmsford Street, offers
warden-assisted flats for the over
60’s and is
administered by Canterbury City Council.
It has recently been rebuilt and
upgraded.
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