St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Chartham, Kent

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Chartham, City of Canterbury, Kent England

Coordinates: 51.25587, 1.01808
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Chartham is a village and civil parish in Kent, 4 miles west of Canterbury. It is located on the Great Stour which provides power for the paper mills. The name literally means ‘Village on rough ground', and the word "Chart" is also found in other villages in Kent with this meaning. Paper making has been a major occupation for the last 625 years. The Paper Mill in Chartham dates from the late eighteenth century and specialises in the production of tracing paper. In the summer, many caravans park up outside the Paper Mill in their annual Caravan Paper convention.The village is continuous with the smaller Shalmsford Street to the west, and was until recently the location of St Augustine's Mental Hospital, formerly known as the East Kent Lunatic Asylum. The site on which St Augustine's stood has now become a housing estate. The northern, upper, part of the village is known as Chartham Hatch. The civil parish area also includes Mystole and the village is part of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The church of St Mary the Virgin, built in 1294, is located next to the village green and is remarkable for containing the oldest peal of bells in Kent. The churchyard has been cleared of grave markers, but they have been retained and have been set near the boundary wall.