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Human settlement in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swattenden is a small settlement in the parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst in England.
Swattenden | |
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Location within Kent | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CRANBROOK |
Postcode district | TN17 |
Dialling code | 01580 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
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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 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]
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]