Shadoxhurst

Shadoxhurst
The former School House
Shadoxhurst Location within Kent
Area	8.02 km² (3.10 sq mi)
Population	1,216 (Civil Parish 2011)^[1]
• Density	152/km² (390/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ973381
Civil parish	Shadoxhurst
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHFORD
Postcode district	TN26
Dialling code	01233

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast

UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°06′29″N 0°49′10″E / 51.1080°N 0.8195°E / 51.1080; 0.8195

Shadoxhurst (/ˈʃædɒkshɜːrst/) is a civil parish^[2] and a village on the remnant forest the Kent Weald, near Ashford in Kent, England between the Greensand Ridge and Romney Marsh.

Geography

Part of the vestige of county-sized woodland known as The Weald, Shadoxhurst is mostly wooded countryside and farmland.^[3] with the Whitewater Dyke (a tributary of the River Stour) rising in the area.

Shadoxhurst is on the Woodchurch to Ashford road.

The village is known as 'the woodland gateway to the countryside' ^[4] and is surrounded by ancient woodlands.

The area ranges between approximately 40 and 50 metres above sea level.

History

A fairly comprehensive historical overview in Edward Hasted's History and Topography of Kent covers, for instance, the church and the village as well as the recorded history up to the end of the 18th century.^[5]

Reverend Charles Rolfe (1800-1877), who worked as the rector of Shadoxhurst's St Peter and Paul Church for thirty-nine years was directly descended from John Rolfe of Heacham who married Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas on April 5, 1614 in Jamestown, Virginia.