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Swattenden is a small settlement in the parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst in England.

Swattenden
Swattenden
Location within Kent
Civil parish
  • Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
District
  • Tunbridge Wells
Shire county
  • Kent
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCRANBROOK
Postcode districtTN17
Dialling code01580
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
  • Maidstone and the Weald
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51.082290°N 0.530130°E / 51.082290; 0.530130

It is situated on the B2086 (Swattenden Lane) about a mile from Hartley, where the A229 crosses the settlement. At Swattenden, one can find an agricultural/country shop, a fruit farm, fishing centre, and the Swattenden Centre.


Swattenden House


Swattenden House is a mansion built in 1860. It was the site of Swattenden Secondary School for Boys which moved to Angley School in 1972. It then became the "Swattenden Centre", a Kent County Council residential education centre, in 1976.[1]


Toponymy


The suffix -enden is found in many place names in the Kentish Weald, meaning the pasture or clearing in the forest belonging to the people of a named person. Here the person was called Swaeðel. In 1240, the Old English Swaeðeling denn, was written as Swetlingdenn, in 1260 it was spelled Swetlyngdenne and in 1305 Swethyngden. [2]


References


  1. BBC Domesday, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-576000-132000/page/7
  2. Glover, Judith (1976). The place Names of Kent (Meresborough Books 1992 ed.). Batsford. p. 186. ISBN 0-905270-61-4.






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