St Catherine's Church, Preston-next-Faversham is an Anglican church in the Preston area of the town of Faversham in Kent, England. [1]
Sir John Betjeman in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches described St Catherine's as "high and distinguished among the railways and breweries".[ citation needed ]
The church in its current form originates from the Norman period, though there was extensive restoration work in the 1860s. It was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1950. [2]
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Preston or Preston-next-Wingham is a civil parish and village in the valley of the Little Stour in the Dover District of Kent, England. The village is on the B2076 secondary road. The parish includes the hamlet of Elmstone. The main river through the area is a tributary of the River Stour. The suffix 'next-Wingham' distinguishes the area from Preston-next-Faversham.
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Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish. It became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1894 was divided into three civil parishes: Preston Within. North Preston Without and South Preston Without. All three civil parishes were absorbed into Faversham in 1935. On Ordnance Survey maps, a south-eastern area of the town is labelled Preston.
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