| Chislet | |
|---|---|
 St Mary the Virgin Church, Chislet | |
  Chislet Location within Kent | |
| Area | 18.25 km2 (7.05 sq mi) |
| Population | 872 (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TR2264 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CANTERBURY |
| Postcode district | CT3 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Chislet is an English village and civil parish in northeast Kent between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. The parish is the second largest in the district. A former spelling, 'Chistlet', is seen in 1418. The population of the civil parish includes the hamlet of Marshside. Most of the land use is fertile agricultural and a significant minority of the land is marsh where low-lying.[2][3]
Chislet has a Primary School, Chislet CofE School, which currently has 98 students aging from 4–11.
- ^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
- ^ British History website: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63543 ; village of Chistlet
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0084.htm; the defendant in the third entry comes from this place: Simon Littelwode, of Chistlet, husbandman