Aerial view from Coxhill Mount, looing out over Kearsney Abbey Park, towards Temple Ewell and Whitfield
Kearsney Abbey is laid out in an informal style. Its 10 acres of open parkland and lakes are popular with families. Although never a monastic estate, the history of Kearsney Abbey can be traced back to the Norman Conquest. The park as it exists today can be attributed to John Minet Fector, a local banker and merchant, who built a grand mansion on the site between 1820-1822. Kearsney Abbey forms Park land, with two adjoining ornamental lakes on the course of the River Dour provide a haven for water fowl. Kearsney Abbey also has a fine collection of specimen trees, including Beech, Lime and Yew. A prominent feature is a Cedar of Lebanon which is believed to be one of the oldest specimens in the country. Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Nowadays the village falls within the Dover urban area and sits a little over two miles northwest of Dover town centre. Much like the adjoining villages of River and Temple Ewell, it is effectively a suburb of the town. If an area can be defined as Kearsney it is the rectangle of Kearsney Avenue forming two sides and the London Road and Sandwich Roads forming the other two. Kearsney is situated between the parishes of River and Ewell. Being an administrative part of Dover borough it was part of the parish of River. The name is taken from an old Saxon name for a place where watercress grows. Kearsney Abbey was not an abbey, but a country house with large pleasant grounds. It is situated on the River Dour, more a large stream than river, but big enough to sustain flour mills and paper mills along its path, like Crabble Mill, which is a couple of miles downstream in River. Kearsney railway station takes its name from the area. Kearsney station was the station for Temple Ewell and the parish of River. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel
Size: 5464px × 3070px
Location: Coxhill Mount, Kearsney, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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