Goodnestone, Swale

Human settlement in England

Graveney with Goodnestone

District

Swale

Kent

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFavershamPostcode districtME13PoliceKentFire Kent Ambulance South East Coast

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°18′58″N 0°56′09″E / 51.316°N 0.9358°E / 51.316; 0.9358

Goodnestone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Graveney with Goodnestone, in the Swale district of Kent, England. The village is mainly on the road 'Head Hill Road' towards Graveney. In 1961 the parish had a population of 58.^[2]

History

The village was referred to in 1242 as "Godwineston", meaning "the farm or settlement of Godwin".^[3] The antiquarian Edward Hasted refers to it in 1798 as 'Goodneston'.^[4]

On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Graveney with Goodnestone".^[5]

St Bartholomew's Church is an unspoilt Grade I listed, Norman church, built about 1100.^[6] The church has not been used for regular worship since 1982, but in 1996 it was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust. It was extensively repaired in 1997, and in 2006 it was understood^[3] to be still consecrated.

The other Grade II* listed building in the hamlet, is 'Goodnestone Court'.^[7]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Population statistics Goodnestone CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "St. Bartholomew's Church, Goodnestone (Faversham)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2006.
^ Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 7. Institute of Historical Research: 28–38. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ "Swale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Church of St Bartholomew, Goodnestone, Graveney with Goodnestone". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ "Goodnestone Court, Graveney with Goodnestone". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2014.