Sundridge with Ide Hill
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 View to Oast House at Rondavel, Sundridge Road, Ide Hill. |
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 Sundridge with Ide Hill
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| Sundridge with Ide Hill shown within Kent | |
| Population | 1,877 2011 Census |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
Sundridge and Ide Hill is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located in the Darenth valley and lies between Sevenoaks and Westerham. The parish contains the villages of Sundridge and Ide Hill and the hamlet of Goathurst Common. It lies within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and within London’s Metropolitan Green Belt. It is approximately 32 miles south of London.
The parish was created in 1973, when the settlements of Sundridge and Ide Hill were merged into a parish. Between the two villages is Emmetts Garden, a National Trust property.
"According to the 2011 census the total population of the parish was 1,877. Of that total, there were 917 males and 960 females living in the parish".
The history of the parish dates back over 1000 years to some of the earliest recorded times in the UK. Sundridge Church was known to have existed in 862, "probably as a wooden structure, and later was recorded in the Domesday Book”. The parish is quoted in the Domesday Book (1086) of having "27 villagers with 9 smallholders and 8 slaves". It was also under the lordship of the Archbishop of Canterbury during this time period, due to its location in Kent. Among the many historic buildings located in the parish lies Old Hall on Main Road, which dates all the way back to “1458, is thought to be the oldest original building” in the parish.
In the 19th century John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the parish as:
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