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Sholden

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Sholden
St Nicholas' Church, Sholden
Sholden Location within Kent
Population	1,084 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TR355525
District	Dover
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEAL
Postcode district	CT14
Dialling code	01304

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast

UK Parliament	Dover
List of places UK England Kent 51°13′23″N 1°22′16″E / 51.2230°N 1.3712°E / 51.2230; 1.3712

Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards SandwichinKent, South East England.

History[edit]

It has previously been known as 'Soldone' and 'Scholdon'.^[2]

It has a Grade II* listed church, St Nicholas,^[3] which is in the dioceseofCanterbury, and deanery of Sandwich.^[2] It also has a school, a cricket field and one public house, 'The Sportsman'.

It is the starting point of the Miner's Way Trail, a hiking trail linking up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.^[4]

Governance[edit]

Sholden is part of the electoral ward of Middle Deal and Sholden. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 7,414.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 October 2015.

^ ^a ^b Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 9. Institute of Historical Research: 605–611. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

^ British Listed Buildings retrieved 20 July 2013

^ "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

^ "Middle Deal and Sholden ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 October 2015.

External links[edit]

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