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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the Tunbridge Wells borough in Kent see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkhurst+ Hawkhurst Wikipedia].<br> | Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the Tunbridge Wells borough in Kent see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkhurst+ Hawkhurst Wikipedia].<br> | ||
The Parish of Hawkhurst St Lawrence is within the Diocese of Chichester but part of the Deanery in the Weald since 2008 [http://www.deaneryintheweald.org.uk/+ Deanery website]. A part of the parish boundary extends into the county of Sussex and neighbours [[Ticehurst, Sussex]] and Hurst Green which is in [[Etchingham, Sussex]] A map of the parish boundary is available at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hawkhurst-st-laurence/+ A church near you]<br> | The Parish of Hawkhurst St Lawrence is within the Diocese of Chichester but part of the Deanery in the Weald since 2008 [http://www.deaneryintheweald.org.uk/+ Deanery website]. A part of the parish boundary extends into the county of Sussex and neighbours [[Ticehurst, Sussex]] and Hurst Green which is in [[Etchingham, Sussex]] A map of the parish boundary is available at [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hawkhurst-st-laurence/+ A church near you]<br> | ||
The parish church of St Lawrence (sometimes Laurence) is to the south of the village in the '''The Moor''', the other part of the village settlement '''Highgate''' had a chapel of ease All Saints until that was declared redundant in 2004. | The parish church of St Lawrence (sometimes Laurence) is to the south of the village in the '''The Moor''', the other part of the village settlement '''Highgate''' had a chapel of ease All Saints until that was declared redundant in 2004.[http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Hawkhurst+2+ Kent Churches website] | ||
[[Image:Hawkhust All Saints Kent.jpg|thumb|center|Hawkhurst All Saints]] | [[Image:Hawkhust All Saints Kent.jpg|thumb|center|Hawkhurst All Saints]] | ||
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The church of St Laurence, Horns Road, Hawkhurst has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-169714-church-of-st-laurence-hawkhurst+ British listed building]<br> | The church of St Laurence, Horns Road, Hawkhurst has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-169714-church-of-st-laurence-hawkhurst+ British listed building]<br> | ||
See also the survey of St Laurence [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/HAW.htm+ Kent Archeological Society] and Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 142-157. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63402&strquery=Hawkhurst+ at British History Online]<br> | See also the survey of St Laurence [http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/HAW.htm+ Kent Archeological Society] and Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7 (1798), pp. 142-157. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63402&strquery=Hawkhurst+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Hawkhurst+1+ kent Churches website]<br> | ||
The Church of All Saints, Rye Road, Hawkhurst has been designated as a grade II listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-169772-church-of-all-saints-hawkhurst+ British listed building] <br> | The Church of All Saints, Rye Road, Hawkhurst has been designated as a grade II listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-169772-church-of-all-saints-hawkhurst+ British listed building] <br> | ||