Aylesham
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Aylesham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent in England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,884.The village was once associated with coal-mining. Apart from Aylesham itself the parish includes Snowdown. Both villages are served by railway stations - Aylesham railway station and Snowdown railway station.
The village was established in the 1920s when miners from all parts of the UK, seeking better wages and safer conditions, travelled to the village to work at nearby Snowdown Colliery.
During the 1960s a considerable number of families from the village emigrated to Australia. many of them settled in a suburb of Brisbane called Acacia Ridge. The resettled families often affectionately referred to this suburb as "Little Aylesham."
Walking in the fields and woods around Aylesham is a great experience. It also has a few war relics - old pillboxes. During the Second World War the Aylesham coalminers had a Home Guard contingent. They were involved in many rescue operations during the German bombings (especially in Canterbury).
Aylesham has been identified by the Dover Local Plan as a location for expansion. [1]
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Alkham • Ash • Aylesham • Barfrestone • Capel-le-Ferne • Coldred • Coombe • Deal • Denton • Drellingore • East Langdon • Eastry • Elvington • Eythorne • Finglesham • Goodnestone • Great Mongeham • Guston • Ham • Hougham without • Kearsney • Kingsdown • Langdon • Lydden • Marley • Martin • Martin Mill • Maxton • Nonington • Northbourne • Preston • Richborough • Ringwould • Ripple • River • Sandwich • Shepherdswell • Sholden • Snowdown • St Margaret-at-Cliffe • Staple • Stourmouth • Sutton by Dover • Temple Ewell • Tilmanstone • Walmer • West Langdon • Whitfield• Wingham • Woodnesborough • Wootton • Worth |
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