Crockenhill

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51°22′59″N 0°09′43″E / 51.383°N 0.162°E / 51.383; 0.162

Crockenhill is a village in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 1 mile south of Swanley and 4.5 miles north east of Orpington, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London.

The hamlet of Skeet Hill falls with in the Crockenhill boundary and Skeet Hill Lane in Orpington is in the South East region of England. The postcode is within the Crockenhill and Well Hill ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Orpington . Skeet Hill Lane, Orpington, BR6 7QA. [2]

Etymology

Crockenhill is from Old English hyll "hill" . "Crocken" comes from the Old English 'crundel' meaning a 'chalk-pit, quarry' with 'hyll' as a 'hill'; therefore a 'quarry on the hill'.(kentpast.co.uk) There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham.

Buildings

All Souls Church, Crockenhill

The main church in the village is the grade-II listed All Souls Church, built in 1851 by the architect Edwin Nash.[3]

Skeet Hill Farm. Skeet Hill House. On the corner with Dalton’s Road. The house was built as a Dower House for Lullingstone Castle, and is said to be 400 years old Bought by Brady Boys Club in Whitechapel in 1943 and used by generations of east end Jewish children. [4]

Sport and leisure

Crockenhill has one Non-League football clubs: Crockenhill F.C. play in the Kent Invicta Football League at level 10 of the English football league system.

Sadeh Farm Founded by Talia Chain, Sadeh is the UK’s Jewish community farm. Inspired by her fellowship experience at Adamah, a Jewish farm – based program in upstate New York, Talia saw the need for a British equivalent. Under her leadership it has evolved into an inclusive environmental community contextualised within the principles of Jewish ethics and culture. Skeet Hill Farm is based in Orpington and falls into the Crockenhill boundary. [5]

Transport

Rail

The nearest National Rail station is Swanley, located 1 mile away.

Buses

Crockenhill is served by Arriva Kent Thameside route 477 to Dartford via Swanley & to Orpington.

Nearby areas

The Chequers pub in Crockenhill

Crockenhill borders Swanley to the north and north east, Eynsford to the east and south east, Well Hill to the south, Orpington to the south west and St Mary Cray, Derry Downs and Kevington to the west and north west.The Skeet Hill area of Orpington is in both Orpington & Crockenhill.

See also

  • List of places of worship in Sevenoaks (district)

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ {{cite web |url= https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/postcode/br67qa{{
  3. ^ "Listed Entry 1391291: All Saints Church". Historic. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ {{cite web | url= http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2009/08/londonkent-boundary-skeet-hill-lane.html?m=1{{
  5. ^ {{cite web | url =https://sadehfarm.co.uk/ |quote= Sadeh is a place of rich history{{

Further reading

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crockenhill.
  • Crockenhill parish council site