Eastry

Eastry
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry
Eastry is located in Kent
Eastry
Eastry
Location within Kent
Population2,492 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTR332458
Civil parish
  • Eastry
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSANDWICH
Postcode districtCT13
Dialling code01304
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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51°14′43″N 1°18′12″E / 51.2452°N 1.3034°E / 51.2452; 1.3034

Eastry is a village and civil parish in the Dover district, in Kent, England, around 2+12 miles (4 km) southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The parish includes the hamelst of Heronden and Selson. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2492.

The name is derived from the Old English Ēast-rige, meaning "eastern province" (c.f. Sūþ-rige "southern province"), also recorded as Ēastregē, from ēasterra gē (lit. "more easterly area").[2]

  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Vol. 10. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 98–121. Retrieved 3 December 2013.