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in the southwest of the developed area of New Barn in the east which is on a wide rise, to 45m AOD in and around the chalk pit just west of Longfield across the largely disused HS1 south-of-London link railway line towards Southfleet (just north of the village). Just above this is the tiny
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There is one pub in Longfield, the Railway Tavern. The Wheatsheaf, a 15th-century thatched pub, outside the village on the B255 road to
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which also covers the settlement of Longfield Hill. Longfield is the ancient village, situated on the road between Dartford and
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The village has a shopping area consisting of a local baker and butcher, two local supermarkets, a
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The whole civil parish gently slopes from southeast and south to north. Elevations range from 92m
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The church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, and was built in 1343. It is a Grade II*
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This article is about the village in Kent. For the building in the United States, see
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Longfield is four miles south east of Dartford and near Gravesend. It is a
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and Longfield are within and give their names to the civil parish of
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named after the adjacent villages it covers, the eastern part being
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It has been in the Dartford parliamentary constituency since 1983.
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district of Kent on 1 April 1974. It was transferred to the
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in the Longfield area, however other satellite areas around
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For the place in Wiltshire, see 14: 1143: 947: 564:(Conservative) at that election. 417:The place in Kent is recorded as 92: 21:Longfield (Bristol, Rhode Island) 1005: 499:settlement, a farmed area named 91: 84: 64: 47: 912: 886: 864: 120:4,919 (civil parish 2011) 842: 820: 807:. news.bbc.co.uk. 28 July 2009 797: 775: 761:"N.W.Kent Parishes: Longfield" 753: 735: 713: 687: 676: 1: 669: 542:made the village part of the 525: 478: 451: 597: 440:in the mid-1940s to build a 7: 126:OS grid reference 36:Human settlement in England 10: 1148: 994:Towns and villages in the 954:the Parish Council website 874:. www.beerintheevening.com 852:. www.beerintheevening.com 610:connects the village with 579: 567: 491:immediately to the south. 412: 18: 1105: 1012: 1003: 723:. www.hartley-kent.org.uk 650:routes 433 & 489 and 608:Longfield railway station 540:Local Government Act 1972 330: 312: 308: 296: 284: 272: 268: 258: 246: 236: 226: 212: 194: 176: 158: 140: 124: 116: 79: 63: 46: 41: 747:www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk 641: 646:Longfield is served by 602: 536:Dartford Rural District 448:were selected instead. 23:. 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Longfield (Bristol, Rhode Island)
Longfield (surname)
Longfield, Wiltshire

oast houses

parish
Longfield is located in Kent
Kent
OS grid reference
TQ604688
Civil parish
Longfield and New Barn
District
Dartford
Shire county
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
DA3
Dialling code
Police
Kent
Fire
Kent

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