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More about Ashford Kent
Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the
River West Stour and River East Stour and the resulting
River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford in Kent,
United Kingdom. Its agricultural market is one of the
most important in the county.
Ashford is a relatively common English name: it goes
back to Old English ?cet, indicating a ford near to a
clump of ash-trees.
The town is in the east of Kent and residents of East
Kent, those living south of the River Medway, are called
'Men of Kent', as opposed to residents of West Kent, who
are known as 'Kentish Men'.
Ashford's motto is "With stronger faith", taken from a
poem by the 17th century poet Richard Lovelace of
Bethersden in the district.
Its importance as a rural centre was confirmed in 1243
when it was incorporated, and by the end of the 16th
century it had risen to become an important market town,
primarily for livestock.
Parts of the parish church date from the 13th century
but was substantially restored in the 15th century with
many alterations since. In 1638 a free grammar school
was founded here, it was built on the churchyard’s west
side, and remained there until 1846, now used as a
museum.
It is likely that the town originates from an original
settlement established about 893AD, although a Roman
road passed through here from the iron making area to
Canterbury. It is listed in the Domesday Book, as having
a church and two mills, under the name Essetesford. The
manor was owned by Hugh de Montford, Constable of
England at the time.
In the 16th century Ashford was known as "Essetesford"
and writer Philpot believed it stood for "ash trees
growing near a ford", while Lampard, a 16th century
local historian, suggested that it meant "a ford over
the river Eshe or Eshet", which was the old name for the
tributary of the River Stour.
The Joint Services School of Intelligence was based at
Templer Barracks in Ashford, until the barracks were
demolished to make way for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Ashford was one of the towns that became a hub when the
roads were turnpiked in the second half of the 18th
century. Today it is on the M20 motorway which offers
easy access to London, Maidstone and Folkestone, with
junctions 9 and 10 serving Ashford, Operation Stack on
the M20 is the bane of Ashford. The A20 runs almost
parallel with the motorway, and the A28 allows access to
Canterbury and Tenterden. Also leaving Ashford are the
A251 for Faversham and the A2070 for Romney Marsh and
Hastings.
The A292 Ashford Ring Road is well known for being
popular with boy racers, who have nothing better to do
than drive round all night, thinking they're cool.
Essentially a modern town, little is left of the old
Ashford, apart from some half-timbered buildings in
Middle Row and around the churchyard in the town centre.
A number of old buildings were removed to make way for
the controversial ring road around the centre, built in
the early 1970s. Three modern shopping centres are
located in the town: Park Mall, County Square and the
new Designer Outlet. Bank Street and High Street are
traffic-free shopping thoroughfares.
Courtesy of Wikimedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford%2C_Kent |
