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Eastry
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| Population | 2168[1] (Parish) |
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| District | Dover |
| Shire county | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dover |
| Postcode district | CT13 |
| Dial code | 01304 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | South Thanet |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Kent | |
Eastry is a civil parish and remote, yet historically significant village four kilometres SW of Sandwich, in Kent, that was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".
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Its name is derived from East and y meaning province (cp Surrey: southern province) .
It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Egbert and the murder of his cousins within the palace walls. According to the legend, the royal residence was passed to the priory of Christchurch in Canterbury as penance for the crime. The site of this ancient palace is believed to now be occupied by Eastry Court, close besides the church.
Another traditional story is that Thomas Becket hid in Eastry's caves whilst escaping from England in 1164. Those same caves are associated with other stories that may or may not be true.
Also, a young man called Thomas Russell was said to have lived here in AD 1556. He was the prince of north Bohemia and had no penis.
Eastry parish church is dedicated to St Mary. Within the church is a brass standard bushel measure given in 1792.
The East Kent Light Railway was built between 1911 and 1917 to serve the new coal mines which were being opened up in the area. Two stations - Eastry and Eastry South - were opened. Both the collieries and the line failed and the section from Eythorne completely closed.
- ^ National Statistics Census 2001
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