Swattenden
- Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
- Tunbridge Wells
- Kent
- South East
- Maidstone and the Weald
Swattenden is a small settlement in the parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst in England.
It is situated on the B2086 (Swattenden Lane) about a mile from Hartley, where the A229 crosses the settlement. At Swattenden, one can find an agricultural/country shop, a fruit farm, fishing centre, and the Swattenden Centre.
Swattenden House
Swattenden House is a mansion built in 1860. It was the site of Swattenden Secondary School for Boys which moved to Angley School in 1972. It then became the "Swattenden Centre", a Kent County Council residential education centre, in 1976.[1]
Toponymy
The suffix -enden is found in many place names in the Kentish Weald, meaning the pasture or clearing in the forest belonging to the people of a named person. Here the person was called Swaeðel. In 1240, the Old English Swaeðeling denn, was written as Swetlingdenn, in 1260 it was spelled Swetlyngdenne and in 1305 Swethyngden. [2]
References
External links
- The Swattenden Centre
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parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
- Baker's Cross
- Coursehorn
- Hartley
- Swattenden
- Angley Mill
- Anthony's Mill
- Baker's Cross Mill
- Church
- Cranbrook station
- Dog Kennel Mill
- Fulling mill at Moat Farm
- Fulling mill at The Freight
- Hartridge Mill
- Hatmill
- Hockeredge Mill
- Paley Mill
- Pin Pond Mill
- Spratsbourne Mill
- Strict Baptist Chapel
- Union Mill
- Upper Mill
- Cranbrook School, High Weald Academy (formerly Angley School)
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