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Eastchurch

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{{infobox England place| |Place= Eastchurch |Population = |District= Swale |County= Kent |Region= South East England |Ceremonial= Kent |Traditional= Kent |Constituency= |PostalTown= |PostCode= |DiallingCode= |GridReference= TQ988714 |Euro= South East England (European Parliament constituency) South East England }} '''Eastchurch''' is a village on the Isle of Sheppey a mile east of Minster-in-Sheppey Minster. As the village website says "... it has a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers." But it has much more. The gatehouse is now all that remains of '''Shurland Hall''', connected with many families including the Cheneys who were here in 1274; and Sir John Stanley, who was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in the 15th century. The gatehouse is now in the care of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust. In ''Hidden Kent'' by Alan Major (Countryside Books, 1994) there is a note from the 1847 gazetteer that comments on the scarcity of fresh water which "makes the inhabitants very careful to preserve such falls from the clouds ..." and tells of spouts from the church designed to fill large tubs around it in the churchyard. Image:Jozef Zajac.jpg thumb|left|General Zając accepting a parade of newly-arrived Polish airmen; [[February 19, 1940]] The village is also linked to the early days of aviation, and in July, 1911, was the site of the Gordon Bennett Trophy air race: see the notes in the Isle of Sheppey article. During the Battle of Britain it was one of notable bases of the Polish Air Forces.

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[http://www.fenet.co.uk/eastchurch/ Village website] Category:Villages in Kent