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- Eastry is a civil parish in Kent, England, around miles (4 km) southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The name is derived from the Old English Ēast- rige, meaning "eastern province" (c.f. Sūþ-rige "southern province"), also recorded as Ēastregē, from ēasterra gē (lit. "more easterly area").
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Eastry is a civil parish in Kent, England, around 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The name is derived from the Old English Ēast-rige, meaning "eastern province" (c.f. Sūþ-rige "southern province"), also recorded as Ēastregē, from ēasterra gē (lit. "more easterly area").
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EASTRY, a village, a parish, a district, and a hundred, in Kent. The village stands 2½ miles SW by S of Sandwich r. station; was once a market-town, belonging to Canterbury priory; was previously a seat of the Saxon kings, who had a palace at it; and has now a post office† under Sandwich, a fair on 2 Oct., a church, a Wesleyan chapel, a ...
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This place is situated in Kent County, South East, England, United Kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51° 14' 0" North, 1° 18' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Eastry. See Eastry photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Eastry in United Kingdom.
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View Larger Map. History of Eastry. Eastry comes from the Old English ‘ēastor’ meaning ‘eastern’ with the Anglian ‘gē’ as a ‘district, region’; therefore, ‘eastern district or region’. Ninth century records show Eastry as Eastorege, and the Domesday Book as Estrei. The Saxons made Eastry the capital of Kent and home to their kings.