Newenden
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Newenden
| static_image = The White Hart Public House, Newenden - geograph.org.uk - 1875409.jpg
| static_image_caption = The White Hart and St Peter's Church
|coordinates = {{coord|51.0174|0.6172|display=inline,title}}
| civil_parish = Newenden
|population=223
|area_total_km2=4.23
|population_ref=(Civil Parish 2011)[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density] United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
|shire_district = Ashford
|shire_county = Kent
|region = South East England
|constituency_westminster= Weald of Kent{{cite web|title=Location of Weald of Kent |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4385/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=11 February 2025}}
|post_town = CRANBROOK
|postcode_district = TN18
|postcode_area = TN
|dial_code = 01797
|os_grid_reference = TQ835275
|website = [https://newenden-pc.gov.uk/ Newenden Parish Council]
}}
Newenden is a small village and civil parish in area and population in the Ashford District of Kent, England.
Geography
The village is clustered together along the south slope and at the foot of the end of a tall escarpment by the River Rother, six miles (6.4 km) south-west of Tenterden on the A28. Newenden is located immediately north of the Rother which forms the county boundary with East Sussex. The humpback bridge of 1736 has recently been repaired. As the land at the very edge of the parish and lowest points is marshy, the narrow hill escarpment itself is known locally as Frogs Hill.
History
Lossenham Friary was established northeast of the village in around 1242 but it was burnt down in 1275 and no remains are visible.
In March 1300, wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England include a reference to a game called "creag" being played at Newenden by Prince Edward, then aged 15.Altham HS (1962) A History of Cricket, Volume 1, p.20. George Allen & Unwin. It has been suggested that creag was an early form of cricket.Bowen R (1970) Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, p.29. Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Amenities
The ancient parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter; it was restored in 1859. A large pub is marked in maps next to the river.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Newenden}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Newenden
|North = Rolvenden
|Northeast = Small Hythe
|East = Wittersham
|Southeast = Playden
|South = Northiam
|Southwest = Ewhurst Green
|West = Sandhurst
|Northwest = Iden Green
}}
{{Ashford, Kent}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent