Barfrestone
Barfrestone is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eythorne, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England. It is between Shepherdswell, Eythorne and Nonington, close to the former pit villages of Elvington and Snowdown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Barfreston” and “Barfreystone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Eythorne railway station.
Eythorne railway station
Railway station
Eythorne railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. Originally a station on the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 but closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948.
Shepherdswell railway station
Railway station
Shepherdswell railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. The southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frogham and Elvington.
Frogham
Hamlet
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frogham is a hamlet in the Dover District of East Kent, England, 7 miles north west of Dover. It is located between the former coal mining village of Aylesham and Shepherdswell.
Elvington
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvington is a small pit village on a ridge in between Canterbury and Dover in the county of Kent in Southeast England. Located near Eythorne, Elvington was mostly built in the early 20th century to serve the nearby coal mine at Tilmanstone, as were other Kent Coalfield villages including Snowdown, Aylesham and Betteshanger.
Nonington
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nonington, is a civil parish and village in east Kent, halfway between the historic city of Canterbury and the channel port town of Dover. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Easole Street, to which it is conjoined, Holt Street and Frogham.
Barfrestone
- Category: locality
- Location: Eythorne, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20591° or 51° 12′ 21″ northLongitude
1.23971° or 1° 14′ 23″ eastElevation
217 feet (66 metres)Open location code
9F33664Q+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 27222854OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Barfrestone” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Barfrestone”
- French: “Barfrestone”
- Polish: “Barfrestone”
- Swedish: “Barfrestone”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Eythorne and Eythorne.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Soles Down Plantation and Little Stafflands Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barfrestone”. Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.