Sevington

This article is about the village in Kent. For the hamlet in Wiltshire, see Grittleton.

Sevington
Sevington  Sevington shown within Kent
Area	0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population	310 (Civil Parish)
– density	408/km2 (1,060/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR0340
Civil parish	Sevington
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashford
Postcode district	TN24
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent

Sevington is a contiguous suburb of Ashford, Kent in England. It is mostly business/market use and was once a very small rural village so keeps a community civil parish council for its few suburban streets.

Geography and economy

Much of Sevington's small tract of land is covered by Ashford business park areas which are connected with Ashford by post town status and by its road network - linking them closely with Ashford.

At the start of the 21st century many changes took place in Sevington due to the building of the Orbital Business Park including the Ashford livestock market.

The village/suburb of Willesborough bounds Sevington (along its long north-west border), the new Finberry neighbourhood is to the south in Mersham but with its own amenities. High Speed 1, adjoining the ordinary railway, passes through the parish.

History

The geographically small village is recorded in the Domesday Book and St Mary's Church, a Norman church was altered about 1200 and in the 14th century, it is cut off from the village by the building of the Southern Orbital road. It had a population of about 113 in 1872.

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Sevington on the Southeastern Main Line.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Statistical civil parish overview - map