Swattenden

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It is situated on the B2086 (Swattenden Lane) about Script error: No such module "convert". from Hartley, where the A229 crosses the settlement. It has an agricultural/country shop, a fruit farm and a fishing centre.

Swattenden House

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] It was used to house asylum seekers for a number of years.[2]

Toponymy

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.[3]

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  1. BBC Domesday, [1]
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