# Great Chart > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Great_Chart > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Great_Chart.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chart > Source revision: 1311969927 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Kent, England Human settlement in England Great Chart Great Chart village sign Great Chart Location within Kent Area 13.31 km2 (5.14 sq mi) Population 6,801 (civil parish)[1] • Density 511/km2 (1,320/sq mi) OS grid reference TQ983422 Civil parish Great Chart with Singleton District Ashford Shire county Kent Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Ashford Postcode district TN23 Dialling code 01233 Police Kent Fire Kent Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Ashford List of places UK England Kent 51°08′27″N 0°50′14″E / 51.1409°N 0.8372°E / 51.1409; 0.8372 **Great Chart** is a village and former [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), now in the parish of [Great Chart with Singleton](/source/Great_Chart_with_Singleton), in the [Ashford](/source/Ashford_(borough)) borough of [Kent](/source/Kent), England. The parish is split between the ancient village of Great Chart and the modern Singleton neighbourhood on the western outskirts of [Ashford](/source/Ashford%2C_Kent). The village centre of Great Chart is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town centre. In 1961 the parish had a population of 969.[2] ## History Great Chart is first mentioned in 762 as Seleberhtes Cert, a [Jutish](/source/Jutes) name. It is also known that at this year, the village was operating a mechanical [water mill](/source/Water_mill), the first water mill to be recorded in Britain. A charter first mentions Seleberhtes Cert when recording that [King Ethelberht II](/source/%C3%86thelbert_II_of_Kent) (of Kent) exchanged half the use of the successfully operating mill for some pasture in the [Weald](/source/Weald). In 776 Great Chart's manor, the village, its lands and much of its produce were sold by [King Egbert](/source/Ecgberht_II_of_Kent) (Ethelberht's successor) to Archbishop [Jænberht](/source/J%C3%A6nberht) of [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury) to raise finances for a Kentish army - to rebel against [King Offa](/source/Offa_of_Mercia) of Mercia. In that year there was a great battle between Mercians and Kentish men at [Otford](/source/Otford) as, apparently, a red cross appeared in the sky. For nine years after this battle Egbert held Kent, but ultimately Offa took control and retrieved Great Chart and its lands from Canterbury dividing them up among his followers. After Offa died in 796 his successor [Coenwulf of Mercia](/source/Coenwulf_of_Mercia) decided to reinstate properties, including Great Chart, back to the ownership of Canterbury. This ownership continued for hundreds of years through the [Norman Conquest](/source/Norman_conquest_of_England) - the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) entry for Certh (Great Chart) makes clear that it was still in the possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury and had two mills, a salt-pit, feeding ground for a hundred hogs, and a population of fifty-two - up to the advent of [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII) when between 1536 and 1539 he dissolved all monasteries. He confiscated Great Chart and its lands from the priory but soon reinstated them to his new Protestant Dean and Chapter in whose administration they remained until Victorian times (though in a map of the area from 1621 the lands are still attributed to 'Christ Churche', referring to Christ Church in Canterbury). On a map made of the Chart and Longbridge [Hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_division)) in 1559, the village was named Charte Magna.[3] On 1 April 1987 the civil parish of "Great Chard" was abolished to form "Great Chart with Singleton", part went to [Hothfield](/source/Hothfield) and [Kingsnorth](/source/Kingsnorth) and the [unparished area](/source/Unparished_area) of Ashford.[4] On 10 March 2021 police found human remains in a wood near the village.[5][6] On 12 March 2021 they were confirmed to be those of [Sarah Everard](/source/Death_of_Sarah_Everard).[7] ## Description Great Chart is a largely agricultural village with the farms in the area producing cereals and grass for cattle and sheep. The north-east quarter contains most of the housing in alike construction 20th and 21st century neighbourhoods. A cluster of [listed buildings](/source/Listed_building) is in the old centre of Great Chart, along the main road in the village (the Street).[8] The area drains via many streams and underwater drainage to the [West Stour](/source/West_Stour%2C_Kent) along the northern boundary before its merger into the Great Stour in Ashford.[9] The Street in Great Chart ## Amenities See also: [Ashford (borough)](/source/Ashford_(borough)) Great Chart has one pub *The Swan and Dog*. The Little Black Dog, formerly *The Hoodener's Horse*, has had a planning application submitted for conversion into a three bedroom dwelling.[10] [Pilgrims Football Club](http://www.pilgrimsfc.co.uk) with age groups from U7s to seniors is resident at the playing field. A cricket club with competing elevens (XIs), including colts sides have a ground and pavilion in the village. The medieval parish church is of an [ecclesiastical parish](/source/Ecclesiastical_parish) on the same boundaries and is dedicated to St Mary; its community in Singleton is larger than that in the church at meetings in the village hall. Cross-village sports clubs, gardening clubs and social circles cover the area. ## Former residents [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) recipient Major [William Leet](/source/William_Leet) died in Great Chart. ## Transport The village is located near the [A28 road](/source/A28_road), which connects it to junction 9 of the [M20 motorway](/source/M20_motorway) in Ashford. The bus route 2 operated by [Stagecoach in East Kent](/source/Stagecoach_in_East_Kent) connects the village with Ashford town centre and [Ashford International railway station](/source/Ashford_International_railway_station). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Great Chart](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Chart). - [Parish Council notes](http://www.ashford.gov.uk/ashford_and_tenterden/ash_ten_Great_Chart.asp) Ashford Borough Council. - [St Mary's, Great Chart](http://www.stmarysgreatchart.org/) - [Village history academic blog from 762 AD](http://gtchart.tripod.com/greatchart/) - [Great Chart Cricket Club](https://web.archive.org/web/20080828102421/http://greatchart.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp) - [Geograph accepted photographs](https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3254395) - [Statistical overview of civil parish - map](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaMetadata.do?m=0&s=1400266419630&enc=1&areaId=11123890&metadataType=area&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=763) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ons_1-0)** ["Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/). *[United Kingdom Census 2011](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011)*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Archived from [the original](http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/) on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Population statistics Great Chart AP/CP through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10150954/cube/TOT_POP). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 23 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Great Chart Millennium Sign and the Early History of the Village"](http://gtchart.tripod.com/greatchart/). Prof David Hall. Retrieved 16 September 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ashford Registration District"](https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/ashford.html). UKBMD. Retrieved 23 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dearden_2021_5-0)** Dearden, Lizzie (10 March 2021). ["Met Police officer arrested on suspicion of Sarah Everard murder"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sarah-everard-latest-police-office-arrested-b1815238.html). *The Independent*. Retrieved 11 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dodd_2021_6-0)** Dodd, Vikram (10 March 2021). ["Human remains found in the search for missing London woman Sarah Everard"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/10/human-remains-found-in-the-search-for-missing-london-woman-sarah-everard). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 12 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dodd_2021b_7-0)** Dodd, Vikram (12 March 2021). ["Sarah Everard: body found in Kent woodland is that of missing woman"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/12/sarah-everard-remains-found-kent-woodland-those-of-missing-woman). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 12 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["A village design statement for Great Chart"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305103333/http://www.ashford.gov.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n2684.pdf&ver=4350). Ashford Borough Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.ashford.gov.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n2684.pdf&ver=4350) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [OS Map with Listed Buildings and Parks marked](http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120424060625/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/mapsearch.aspx) 2012-04-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Kent Online, 16 August 2021](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/village-pub-could-become-house-252417/) Places adjacent to Great Chart Little Chart Godinton Ashford Smarden Great Chart South Ashford Bethersden Chilmington Green Singleton v t e Towns and villages in the Borough of Ashford, Kent, England Aldington Aldington Frith Appledore Appledore Heath Ashford Bagham Bethersden Biddenden Bilsington Bilting Bockhanger Bodsham Bonnington Boughton Aluph Boughton Corner Boughton Lees Brabourne Brabourne Lees Brattle Bromley Green Brook Challock Charing Chilham Chilmington Green Crundale Eastwell Ebony Egerton Godinton Godmersham Great Chart Hamstreet Hastingleigh High Halden Hothfield Kenardington Kennington Kingsnorth Leigh Green Little Chart Mersham Molash Newenden Newtown Orlestone Pluckley Reading Street Rolvenden Rolvenden Layne Ruckinge St Michaels Sevington Shadoxhurst Small Hythe Smarden Smeeth Stanhope Stone in Oxney Stubbs Cross Tenterden Warehorne Westwell Westwell Leacon Willesborough Wittersham Woodchurch Woolpack Corner Wye List of places in Kent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Great Chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chart) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chart?action=history)). 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