| 词条 | Elmley |
| 释义 |
|country = England |coordinates = {{coord|51.3909|0.7756|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Elmley |population = |civil_parish = Minster-on-Sea |shire_district= Swale |shire_county = Kent |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= |postcode_district = |postcode_area= |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= }}Elmley is the local name for the Isle of Elmley, part of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. It was also the name of a very late 19th century industrial village on the isle. Edward Hasted describes, in 1798, the isle as two eighths of the Isle of Sheppey (in turn) estimated as 11 miles by 8 miles.[1] Its present National Nature Reserve covers more than the easily traceable area of the former isle by extending to the east, over Windmill Creek, one of two Sheppey inlets, former internal tidal channels. HistoryThe village was a settlement and area that fluctuated between 1640 to up to 2341 acres by definition. The former civil parish at its height as recorded by decennial censuses had 219 residents at the 1891 census, falling to 50 in twenty years and to 8 in 1961, shortly before its abolition.[2] It consisted of the Turkey Cement Works, which was the major employer for the area, as well as a school, a church, a public house and 30 dwellings. The ailing cement works closed in 1902 and then the population dwindled. Elmley School closed in the 1920s and the church was demolished in the 1960s leaving memorials of graves.[3] There was also once a ferry service crossing the Swale to Murston (near Sittingbourne).[4] The last surviving buildings of the village are the Grade II listed 'Kingshill Farmhouse'[5] and 'Kingshill Farmhouse Barn'[6] {{clear}}Elmley todayIn the 1970s a bird reserve was established on the marshes, the centrepiece of the Elmley National Nature Reserve, owned and managed by Elmley Conservation Trust.[7] It covers {{convert|3250|acre|km2}}, more than the easily traceable area of the former isle and is one of the largest bird reserves in England. References1. ^{{cite journal |last=Hasted |first=Edward |date=1798 |title=Parishes |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62960 |journal=The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |volume=6 |pages=207–216 |accessdate=20 February 2014}} {{Commons category|Elmley}}{{Swale}}{{kent-geo-stub}}2. ^http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10193473/cube/TOT_POP 3. ^{{cite book | last = Rymill | first = John | title = The Three Sheppey Islands in the 19th and 20th Centuries | publisher = Green Arrow Publishing| year = 2006| isbn = 0-9551431-5-2 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveryourestuary.com/Elmley.pdf |title=Walk 4 Trail around Elmley |website=discoveryourestuary.com |publisher=Medway Council |year=2012 |accessdate=7 March 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307183527/http://www.discoveryourestuary.com/Elmley.pdf |archivedate=7 March 2014 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-444225-kingshill-farmhouse-minster-on-sea-kent |title=Kingshill Farmhouse, Minster-on-Sea|website =www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |accessdate=20 February 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446560-barn-adjoining-cattle-shed-immediately-n |title=Barn Adjoining Cattle Shed Immediately North of Kings Hill Farmhouse, Minster-on-Sea |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |accessdate=20 February 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/nnr/1007024.aspx | title=Elmley NNR |accessdate=20 February 2014}} 2 : Isle of Sheppey|Deserted medieval villages in England |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。