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Yalding is a village and part of Yalding Civil Parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. The village is situated six miles south-east of Maidstone at a point where the combined Rivers Teise and Beult join the River Medway. The civil parish of Yalding is made up of two villages and three hamlets; Yalding, Ladingford, Benover, Beltring, and Hamsted/Tyford. ... Maidstone is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Maidstone (pronounced either mādstun or mādstone) is the county town of Kent, in South East England, United Kingdom. ... There are four rivers draining the county of Kent. ... The River Medway in England flows for 112 km from Turners Hill, in West Sussex, through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, to the River Thames at Sheerness, where it is the latters last tributary. ...


There are three bridges in the village; the Twyford Bridge (meaning twin ford,v where there was originally a double crossing of the two rivers) is one of the finest medieval bridges in the south-east of England. Yalding was one of the principal shipment points on the River Medway for cannon, made by the villages of the Wealden iron industry. The wharf was later used for transporting fruit from the many orchards in the area. Today, one of the Henry Doubleday Research Association centres is located near the village. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... The Wealden iron industry is the result of a combination of the natural materials being available for the making of iron. ... The Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) is a UK organisation dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. ...


The village railway station lies on the Maidstone West-Paddock Wood branch line known as the Medway Valley Line. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. Yalding railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, and serves Yalding. ... Maidstone West railway station is one of three railway stations which serve Maidstone in Kent. ... Paddock Wood railway station serves the village of Paddock Wood in Kent. ... The Medway Valley Line is the name given to the railway line linking Strood and the Medway Towns with Maidstone West and onward to Paddock Wood and Tonbridge. ... According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... Paul of Tarsus (b. ...


Yalding has a cricket club that has existed since 1798 (first recorded game). The cricket pitch was once beside the river medway on the Lees (Village Common) they currently play on the Kintons ground. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... In England and Wales, a common is a piece of land over which other people -- often neighbouring landowners -- could exercise one of a number of traditional rights, such as allowing their cattle to graze upon it. ...


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The town of Maidstone in Kent, South East England
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AllingtonBarmingBearsted • Bedmonton • BicknorBoughton MalherbeBoughton MonchelseaBoxleyBredhurstBroomfield • Caring • Chart Sutton • ChegworthCollier Street • Coxheath • Detling • Downswood • East Barming • East Farleigh • East Sutton • Fairbourne • Frinsted • Grove Green • Harrietsham • Headcorn • Hollingbourne • Hucking • Hunton • KingswoodKit's Coty • Ladingford • LangleyLeedsLenhamLintonLooseLordswoodMardenMarleyNettlesteadNettlestead Green • Otham • Park Wood • Pollhill • Sandling • Shepway • Sutton ValenceStaplehurst • Stockbury • TestonThurnham • Tovil • Ulcombe • WeaveringWest FarleighWormshillYalding Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Maidstone (pronounced either mādstun or mādstone) is the county town of Kent, in South East England, United Kingdom. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Allington is an almost entirely modern village situated on either side of the A20 road west of Maidstone in Kent. ... Barming is a village that is part of the borough of Maidstone, the county town of Kent in England. ... Bearsted is a one-time ancient village in mid-Kent situated to the east, and some five miles (7km) from the centre, of Maidstone. ... Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, north-east of Maidstone and south-west of Sittingbourne. ... Boughton Malherbe is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, situated between Maidstone and Ashford. ... The village and civil parish of Boughton Monchelsea is in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... The village of Boxley lies below the slope of the North Downs in Kent, four miles NE of Maidstone. ... Bredhurst is a village in Kent, England that forms part of the Borough of Maidstone. ... Broomfield is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England, and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. ... Chegworth is a hamlet in the parish of Ulcombe in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Collier Street is a small village in Kent. ... Detling the home Kent County Showground, lies on the Pilgrims Way under the shelter of the North Downs. ... East Barming is a village in the civil parish of Barming in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Harrietsham (pop 1,352 1991 est. ... Headcorn is a fairly large compact village, some ten miles SE of Maidstone in Kent. ... Hollingbourne is a Kent village situated on the Pilgrims Way sheltered by the North Downs, some 5 miles east of Maidstone. ... Introduction Hucking is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... Kingswood is a village in the Maidstone District of Kent, England and forms part of the civil parish of Broomfield and Kingswood. ... Kits Coty is a small village on the slopes of Blue Bell Hill between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent. ... Langley is an Kent village 4 miles SE of Maidstone, on the road between the latter and Headcorn. ... For the northern UK city see Leeds and other uses of Leeds see Leeds (disambiguation). ... Lenham Cross on the Downs Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. ... Linton is a village on one of the roads leading south out of Maidstone in Kent. ... For an up-to-date list of articles on places in Kent see Category:Towns in Kent and Category:Villages in Kent and Category:Kent. ... Lordswood is part of Walderslade, a suburb of Chatham in Medway (formerly Kent). ... Marden is a village to the south of Maidstone. ... Marley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Harrietsham that, in turn, forms part of the district of Maidstone in the English county of Kent. ... Nettlestead is on the B2015 road SW of, and part of the borough of Maidstone. ... Nettlestead Green, like its near neighbour Nettlestead lies in the Medway valley SW of Maidstone in Kent. ... Sandling is a small hamlet on the edge of the village of Saltwood in Kent. ... Sutton Valence is a village 5 miles SE of Maidstone, Kent, England. ... Staplehurst could be: Staplehurst, Nebraska Staplehurst, Kent, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Teston (pronounced ’’Teesun’’) is a village in the civil parish of Barming in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. ... The village and ancient parish of Thurnham lies at the foot of the North Downs three miles NE of Maidstone in Kent. ... Weavering is an area, or villiage, mainly consisting of the Grove Green and Bearsted Park housing Estates, within the borough of Maidstone, Kent in South East England that was formerly farmland. ... West Farleigh is a village 4 miles southwest of Maidstone in the county of Kent. ... Wormshill is a small village in Kent, England, situated at a high point on the North Downs between Sittingbourne and Maidstone some ten miles south of The Swale. ...

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Yalding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (222 words)
Yalding is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England.
There are three bridges in the village; the Twyford (twin ford where there was originally a double crossing of the two rivers) Bridge is one of the finest medieval bridges in the south-east of England.
Yalding was one of the principal shipment points on the River Medway for cannon, made by the villages of the Wealden iron industry.
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Hugh de Audley, Yalding's lord of the manor, is one of the largest landowners in England.
Although the land at Yalding is usually fertile, the people in the village have suffered considerable hardships in recent years.
Yalding is low lying and the land closest to the river becomes flooded after heavy rainfall.
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